From 10e69389b6a28fe7721da29cf8dd3a42accc45c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans Petter Selasky Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 19:39:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Revert r281220 and r281024, so that the new content added and its wording can be more properly discussed. Spelling fix made is kept. Suggested by: gleb @ MFC after: 1 week --- share/man/man4/inet.4 | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet.4 b/share/man/man4/inet.4 index f0f12d79ede8..a1d0a1cf82e3 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/inet.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/inet.4 @@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ IP datagrams (or all IP datagrams, if .Va ip.rfc6864 is disabled) to be randomized instead of incremented by 1 with each packet generated. -This prevents IP IDs being abused as a covert channel and also closes -a minor information leak which allows remote observers to determine -the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the counter. +This closes a minor information leak which allows remote observers to +determine the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the +counter. At the same time, on high-speed links, it can decrease the ID reuse cycle greatly. Default is 0 (sequential IP IDs).