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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:09:13 -0800
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
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>> >> If SCTP is NOT compiled in the kernel, are you still vulnerable ?
>> >
>> > No -- we should have mentioned that too.  For GENERIC kernel however
>> > SCTP is compiled in.
>>
>> Should probably fix that too, in GENERIC, considering how little used this
>> protocol is.
>
> It is not used much because there is not critical mass and you want
> to reduce what little there is out there?  It is a good thing that
> it is in GENERIC.

While this isn't the place to enumerate the issues with SCTP (beyond the
recent advisories) I hope we're not putting anything in the GENERIC kernel for
advocacy purposes.  Cannot the few who want to use it simply compile their own
kernel?

Roger