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Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:00:01 +1100
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: ache@nagual.pp.ru, dillon@apollo.backplane.com
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet icmp_var.h
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>    I really do not want to throw multiple externs into the code, and I
>    can't localize the rate limit to the icmp module because there is a 
>    critical piece in the tcp module that rate-limits dropwithreset for
>    SYN's received to non-existent ports (a common attack mode) which has
>    nothing to do with ICMP packets.

In that case, the prototype shouldn't be declared in an icmp header and
the option name shouldn't begin with ICMP.

Bruce

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