Implementing RFC 6056

[Arjun S R]

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 03:11, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 12:38:34AM +0530, Arjun S R wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I would like implement RFC 6506 in linux kernel. It seems no one has
>> implemented it.
>>
>> Its mainly about Transport protocol port randomisation. The fixed
>> order[sequence of predictable randomness] of allocation of ephemeral
>> port to application on request can cause malicious users to hijack
>> connections based on time spent by the tcp ip api in various states.
>>
>> I have read the standards and is willing to go forward. Please post comments.
>
> Post your patches on the netdev mailing list and see what they say about
> it there.  You might find that this isn't really needed as we already
> handle this properly through other means...
>

Thanks, could you please suggest the files in the kernel source tree
that I should go through for the task?
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Arjun S R
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