Package: procps Version: 1:3.2.7-11 Severity: minor
Version 1:3.2.7-10 adds the following comment to /etc/sysctl.conf: # This disables TCP Window Scaling (http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/5/167), # and is not recommended. This comment is misleading, as can easily be determined by reading the rest of the linked thread. Quoting Alan Cox: > Syncookies only get used at the point where the alternative is failure. > No SACK beats a DoS situation most days See also http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/ for more information about why syncookies are still useful. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages procps depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20081213-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip Versions of packages procps recommends: ii psmisc 22.6-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy procps suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
