On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Marco d'Itri <m...@linux.it> wrote: > On Feb 13, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > >> The upstream default is that they are disabled. The onus is on >> proponents to argue why this should be changed. > > The proposed rationale for the change is that SYN cookies are not used > until the SYN queue is full and at that point it is more useful to have > new TCP sessions without window scaling than no new TCP sessions at all. > Do you disagree?
It might be instructive to look at the upstream netdev list, I found a recentish thread about this topic: http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2009/10/16/74 Kinda a dissapointing thread, but it reveals a few points: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0807.3/0050.html http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2009/10/21/42 http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/5/167 http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2009/10/21/70 -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e13a36b31002131638k470eeb88m4160a332b9f5c...@mail.gmail.com
