Re: [PATCH v2] hex2bin: make the function hex_to_bin constant-time

[Linus Torvalds]

On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 1:26 PM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Could be anywhere. Xfinity, Nest WiFi, or the cable router. They all
> are doing their own dns thing.
>
> Probably my cable box, since it's likely the oldest thing in the chain.

No, it seems to be my Nest WiFi router. I told it to use google DNS to
avoid Xfinity or the cable box, and it still shows the same behavior.

Not that I care much, since I consider those IDN names to be dangerous
anyway, but I think it would have been less sad if it had been some
old cable modem.

               Linus