Re: Are linux network drivers really affected by this?

From: Denis Vlasenko (vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 01:57:47 EST

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On 10 January 2003 16:53, andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com 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?

Coding.

IMHO:

Zero padding is secure enough.
There is no point spending time coding random
padding, config options, etc.

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