please fix TARPIT

David S. Miller davem at davemloft.net
Tue Jan 3 21:29:48 CET 2006


From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh at linux01.gwdg.de>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 08:34:47 +0100 (MET)

> 
> >Recently it was reported that the TARPIT target depends upon the
> >sysctl_ip_default_ttl symbol which is not exported any longer.
> 
> How about just adding the EXPORT_SYMBOL back. And that all wrapped up in a 
> nice POM patch. Problem gone. (For the short term.)

The usage of that symbol is broken.  The fact that I went through
the trouble of explaining exactly how to fix the bug properly,
and yet this kind of suggestion still arises, deeply disturbs me.



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