Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: Are linux network drivers really affected by this? | Date | Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:11:10 +0200 |
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On 10 January 2003 13:12, andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com wrote: > >>>>> "ac" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes: > > ac> Most of them will pad with zero. We have a couple of > drivers ac> that already pad with something along the lines of > "NetBSD is ac> a cool OS too.." > > Let's talk about subliminal messages, then. :) > > How sensible would it be to have a runtime or compile time option > for choosing between zero padding and random values padding? I > think the variable length of the padding could cause some > performance problems, but I'm no kernel hacker nor cryptography > expert.
Too much work for zero gain -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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