Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 19:39:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r281226 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201504071939.t37JdNbr009387@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hselasky Date: Tue Apr 7 19:39:23 2015 New Revision: 281226 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/281226 Log: Revert r281220 and r281024, so that the new content added and its wording can be more properly discussed. Spelling fix made is kept. Suggested by: gleb @ MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/share/man/man4/inet.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/inet.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/inet.4 Tue Apr 7 19:37:49 2015 (r281225) +++ head/share/man/man4/inet.4 Tue Apr 7 19:39:23 2015 (r281226) @@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ IP datagrams (or all IP datagrams, if .Va ip.rfc6864 is disabled) to be randomized instead of incremented by 1 with each packet generated. -This prevents IP IDs being abused as a covert channel and also closes -a minor information leak which allows remote observers to determine -the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the counter. +This closes a minor information leak which allows remote observers to +determine the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the +counter. At the same time, on high-speed links, it can decrease the ID reuse cycle greatly. Default is 0 (sequential IP IDs).
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