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Date:      Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:19:10 +1100
From:      Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
To:        marquis@roble.com
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem
Message-ID:  <20150128211910.80082283DA18@rock.dv.isc.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:39:20 -0800." <20150128194011.2175B19F@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <mailman.92.1422446402.71362.freebsd-security@freebsd.org> <20150128194011.2175B19F@hub.freebsd.org>

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In message <20150128194011.2175B19F@hub.freebsd.org>, "Roger Marquis" writes:
> >> 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.

Mark

> Roger Marquis
> 
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