From b2df3ab18e4b31d55567c2297a5a213940adce70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Maxim Konovalov Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 06:30:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention a potential net.inet.ip.random_id drawback. Submitted by: ru --- share/man/man4/inet.4 | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet.4 b/share/man/man4/inet.4 index 1cf0220d0fe..a8e9c876f2f 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/inet.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/inet.4 @@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ incremented by 1 with each packet generated. This closes a minor information leak which allows remote observers to determine the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the counter. +In the same time, on high-speed links, it can decrease the ID reuse +cycle greatly. Default is 0 (sequential IP IDs). IPv6 flow IDs and fragment IDs are always random. .El -- 2.45.2