It's taken Linux 9 years longer to implement it, and it will take them 9 years
longer to remove it, too :-)
Lars
On Apr 1, 2012, at 20:05, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
On 1. Apr 2012, at 13:36 , Martin Sustrik wrote:
Hey,
During yesterday's takedown of the Internet [1] it has become painstakingly
obvious that the ability to distinguish malicious packets in a quick and
efficient manner is one of the most pressing security concerns of today.
Thus, RFC3514 (a.k.a. "evil" bit) [2] support was implemented [3] in the
Linux kernel today.
It is our hope that other operating systems and network devices will follow
the suite soon and help us make Internet a safer and more welcoming place
for everyone!
Wow. This is great news! Happy to see you catching up after only 9 years
[1]. I fear it should not have been backed out [2] given its obvious need
these days ;-)
/bz
References:
[1] http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=112929
[2] http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=112985
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