Re: [PATCH] fix small DoS on connect() (was Re: BUG: Unusual TCP Connect() results.)

On Sunday 12 June 2005 20:36, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 08:10:33PM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > > Does it seem appropriate for mainline ? In this case, I would also backport
> > > it to 2.4 and send it to you for inclusion.
> > 
> > It does not contain a comment why it is configurable.
> 
> You're right. Better with this ?

Very nice. BTW, is there any real world applications which
ever used this?

> +	If you want backwards compatibility with every possible application,
> +	you should set it to 1. If you prefer to enhance security on your
> +	systems at the risk of breaking very rare specific applications, you'd
> +	better let it to 0.
> +	Default: 0

This text leaves an impression that they exist.
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