Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts now (April 1st)
Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU> Thu, 07 May 2009 23:34 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts now (April 1st)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Some comments on Mark's comments... Mark Allman wrote: >> This is the start of the WGLC for Port Randomization, which will >> last for 14 days - starting April 1st, going through April >> 15th. Please review this document and post comments to the TSVWG >> list and authors. > > I read the document today. Comments: > ... > - Section 2.1: There is a claim that the ephemeral port space is > "traditionally" from 49152-65535. I think it is more traditional > for hosts to use monotonically increasing ports starting at 1024. > Even if hosts do use this upper range they also use this lower range > a bunch. I'd nuke this statement as probably wrong, but at least > dubious. "traditionally" is incorrect; it's *defined* as that range by IANA. Source ports can use any port they want, though - as Mark points out - they tend to avoid the "system" ports. > - In 2.3 you might note that an alternative approach is for both hosts > to keep state about recent connections. I am not arguing it is a > good approach or a bad approach...just an alternate approach that > would work towards minimizing the collision rate. And, FWIW, some of that state is already being kept, e.g., in TIME-WAIT on the side that initiates connection close. It's only for connections on the other side that keeping such state is even needed. Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkoDcDAACgkQE5f5cImnZrsHYQCdHojYyD53iVk2o+ZORHzUuzJR QVcAnjNWQWH2Rh0On3jCTD5SPXoCrKUo =VxEn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
- [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts now (A… James M. Polk
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Lars Eggert
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Lars Eggert
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- [Tsvwg] Fwd: WGLC for Port Randomization starts n… Lars Eggert
- Re: [Tsvwg] Fwd: WGLC for Port Randomization star… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] Fwd: WGLC for Port Randomization star… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] Fwd: WGLC for Port Randomization star… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Mark Allman
- [Tsvwg] title (was Re: WGLC for Port Randomizatio… Mark Allman
- [Tsvwg] table size (was Re: WGLC for Port Randomi… Mark Allman
- [Tsvwg] NATs (etc.) (was Re: WGLC for Port Random… Mark Allman
- [Tsvwg] interoperability (was Re: WGLC for Port R… Mark Allman
- [Tsvwg] algorithm 5 (was Re: WGLC for Port Random… Mark Allman
- [Tsvwg] lookup time (was Re: WGLC for Port Random… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randall Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] title (was Re: WGLC for Port Randomiz… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] NATs (etc.) (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] NATs (etc.) (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] interoperability (was Re: WGLC for Po… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] interoperability (was Re: WGLC for Po… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] table size (was Re: WGLC for Port Ran… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] NATs (etc.) (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] table size (was Re: WGLC for Port Ran… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] interoperability (was Re: WGLC for Po… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] table size (was Re: WGLC for Port Ran… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] algorithm 5 (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] lookup time (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Brian F. G. Bidulock
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- [Tsvwg] Port Randomization issues summary Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Brian F. G. Bidulock
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Brian F. G. Bidulock
- Re: [Tsvwg] algorithm 5 (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Mark Allman
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Michael Tüxen
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Anantha Ramaiah (ananth)
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Michael Tüxen
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Brian F. G. Bidulock
- Re: [Tsvwg] Port Randomization issues summary Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] Port Randomization issues summary Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] WGLC for Port Randomization starts no… Randy Stewart
- Re: [Tsvwg] algorithm 5 (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] Port Randomization issues summary Fernando Gont
- Re: [Tsvwg] Port Randomization issues summary Joe Touch
- Re: [Tsvwg] algorithm 5 (was Re: WGLC for Port Ra… Mark Allman
- Re: [tsvwg] [Tsvwg] lookup time (was Re: WGLC for… Mark Allman
- Re: [tsvwg] [Tsvwg] lookup time (was Re: WGLC for… Fernando Gont