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Replace MD5 by SipHash as TCP keyed hash function
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Authored by tuexen on Sep 12 2019, 2:03 PM.
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Replacing MD5 by SipHash improves the performance of the time stamp initialisation, which is important when the host is receiving a SYN flood.

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I tested this, and it performed well and worked fine.

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state Needs Review.Sep 28 2019, 1:13 PM
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