Re: [PATCH] ipv4: mitigate an integer underflow when comparing tcptimestamps

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Nov 14 2010 - 14:55:24 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 09:52:25 +0100

> Really, if you have multiple clients behind a common NAT, you cannot use
> this code at all, since NAT doesnt usually change TCP timestamps.

NAT is %100 incompatible with TW recycling, full stop.

There is no maybe, or maybe not.

If you are behind NAT you must not turn this feature on, ever.
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