Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759075AbXELTMt (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 May 2007 15:12:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756192AbXELTMn (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 May 2007 15:12:43 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:40455 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754920AbXELTMm (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 May 2007 15:12:42 -0400 Message-ID: <464611A6.3040301@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:12:38 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070419) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Glines CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] ip_local_port_range sysctl has annoying default References: <20070511170135.7c38615f@chirp> <4645227F.3030905@zytor.com> <20070512121009.18c8b68a@chirp> In-Reply-To: <20070512121009.18c8b68a@chirp> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 521 Lines: 15 Mark Glines wrote: > > Well, in that case, is there anything wrong with just using the > range IANA recommends, in all cases? > I think the IANA range is considered too small in most cases; I suspect there is also a feeling that "there be dragons" near the very top. -hpa - 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/