On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 10:58:40PM +0530, Arjun S R wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 03:11, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 12:38:34AM +0530, Arjun S R wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I would like implement RFC 6506 in linux kernel. It seems no one has > >> implemented it. > >> > >> Its mainly about Transport protocol port randomisation. The fixed > >> order[sequence of predictable randomness] of allocation of ephemeral > >> port to application on request can cause malicious users to hijack > >> connections based on time spent by the tcp ip api in various states. > >> > >> I have read the standards and is willing to go forward. Please post comments. > > > > Post your patches on the netdev mailing list and see what they say about > > it there. You might find that this isn't really needed as we already > > handle this properly through other means... > > > > Thanks, could you please suggest the files in the kernel source tree > that I should go through for the task? Have you looked in net/* Yes it's a lot, but that would be where you need to make changes if you were to implement such a thing. good luck, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
