[PATCH 0/2] xt_u32 - match arbitrary bits and bytes of a packet

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:46:46 +0200, Jan Engelhardt said:

> along comes xt_u32, a revamped ipt_u32,

+1 for doing this - I've been dragging along a local ipt_u32 patch for a while,
and been wishing it had ipv6 support.

>     *	Reduced the buffer size to 17 KB. I think that is quite ok since 
> 	I added an overflow check,  SHOULD THERE BE ANY device with an 
> 	MTU larger than our loopback masterpiece (16436 bytes).
> 
> 	Are there such devices that support Megasuperjumboframes?

IP over Infiniband? I think those have some outrageous MTU?  Personally,
I wouldn't need it for anything bigger than 9K ethernet jumbograms, but
that one's a decision for others.

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