From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:00:22 -0700
> Expansion of original idea from Denis V. Lunev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Add robustness and locking to the local_port_range sysctl. > 1. Enforce that low < high when setting. > 2. Use seqlock to ensure atomic update. > > The locking might seem like overkill, but there are > cases where sysadmin might want to change value in the > middle of a DoS attack. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
