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-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/syncookies.c22
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/syncookies.c15
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index b6ea297..15e0241 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -136,22 +136,22 @@ static __u32 check_tcp_syn_cookie(__u32 cookie, __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr,
}
/*
- * MSS Values are taken from the 2009 paper
- * 'Measuring TCP Maximum Segment Size' by S. Alcock and R. Nelson:
- * - values 1440 to 1460 accounted for 80% of observed mss values
- * - values outside the 536-1460 range are rare (<0.2%).
+ * MSS Values are chosen based on the 2011 paper
+ * 'An Analysis of TCP Maximum Segement Sizes' by S. Alcock and R. Nelson.
+ * Values ..
+ * .. lower than 536 are rare (< 0.2%)
+ * .. between 537 and 1299 account for less than < 1.5% of observed values
+ * .. in the 1300-1349 range account for about 15 to 20% of observed mss values
+ * .. exceeding 1460 are very rare (< 0.04%)
*
- * Table must be sorted.
+ * 1460 is the single most frequently announced mss value (30 to 46% depending
+ * on monitor location). Table must be sorted.
*/
static __u16 const msstab[] = {
- 64,
- 512,
536,
- 1024,
- 1440,
+ 1300,
+ 1440, /* 1440, 1452: PPPoE */
1460,
- 4312,
- 8960,
};
/*
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index 13ca0a0..d703218 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -24,15 +24,18 @@
#define COOKIEBITS 24 /* Upper bits store count */
#define COOKIEMASK (((__u32)1 << COOKIEBITS) - 1)
-/* Table must be sorted. */
+/* RFC 2460, Section 8.3:
+ * [ipv6 tcp] MSS must be computed as the maximum packet size minus 60 [..]
+ *
+ * Due to IPV6_MIN_MTU=1280 the lowest possible MSS is 1220, which allows
+ * using higher values than ipv4 tcp syncookies.
+ * The other values are chosen based on ethernet (1500 and 9k MTU), plus
+ * one that accounts for common encap (PPPoe) overhead. Table must be sorted.
+ */
static __u16 const msstab[] = {
- 64,
- 512,
- 536,
- 1280 - 60,
+ 1280 - 60, /* IPV6_MIN_MTU - 60 */
1480 - 60,
1500 - 60,
- 4460 - 60,
9000 - 60,
};