Messages in this thread | | | From | andrea.glorioso@binary-o ... | Subject | Re: Are linux network drivers really affected by this? | Date | Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:12:17 +0100 |
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>>>>> "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.
ac> The -ac tree should have the problem fixed for all the drivers ac> I know have the problem or may do.
Great.
bye,
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