Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner+willy=40w.ods.org@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S267727AbTAMJrz>; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 04:47:55 -0500
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S267734AbTAMJrz>; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 04:47:55 -0500
Received: from [212.216.176.185] ([212.216.176.185]:58508 "EHLO
	smtp9.cp.tin.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id <S267727AbTAMJry>;
	Mon, 13 Jan 2003 04:47:54 -0500
From: andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com
To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Are linux network drivers really affected by this?
References: <1042116723.2556.3.camel@station3>
 <200301101211.h0ACBIs16337@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
 <87y95t12ga.fsf@topo.binary-only.priv>
 <200301130658.h0D6w5s26382@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.4 - "Hosorogi")
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:54:46 +0100
In-Reply-To: <200301130658.h0D6w5s26382@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
 (Denis Vlasenko's message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:57:47 +0200")
Message-ID: <87fzrxwf15.fsf@topo.binary-only.priv>
Lines: 34
User-Agent: T-gnus/6.15.7 (based on Oort Gnus v0.08) SEMI/1.14.4 (Hosorogi)
 FLIM/1.14.4 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Kashiharajing=FE-mae?=) APEL/10.4 MULE
 XEmacs/21.4 (patch 10) (Military Intelligence) (i386-debian-linux)
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

>>>>> "dv" == Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> writes:

    dv> On 10 January 2003 16:53, andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com
    dv> wrote:
    >> >>>>> "dv" == Denis Vlasenko
    >> <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> >>>>> writes:
    >> 
    dv> Too much work for zero gain
    >> `Too much work' refers to coding time or to kernel work?

    dv> Coding.

I would have said `kernel work' (although the relative occurrence of
undersized frames is probably low).

    dv> IMHO:

    dv> Zero padding is secure enough.  

Not for fingerprinting, though.

    dv> There is no point spending time coding random padding, config
    dv> options, etc.  

You're probably right.

bye,

andrea
--
Andrea Glorioso                   andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com
Binary Only                           http://www.binary-only.com/
Via A. Zanolini, 7/b                  Tel:     +39-348.921.43.79
40126 Bologna                         Fax:     +39-051-930.31.133
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/