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New RFC Adds "Evil Bit"

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-does-simplify-matters dept.

Nashirak writes "This is new RFC that introduces new security measures into IPv4 header. The measures include an "evil bit" that can be set an unset according to wether the packet is evil or not."

12 of 160 comments (clear)

  1. Intentional? by dracvl · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's this, a meta-dupe?

  2. First 1st April Joke Dupe! by edgrale · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yay!
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/01/ 021822 6&mode=thread&tid=172&tid=156

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    09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
  3. Dupe. by nmg196 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like CmdrTaco *is* the April Fool!

  4. New bit for Slashdot by mseeger · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hi,

    I just heard they have a new bit at Slashdot. It's called "DupeBit" and this is the first article which got it.

    Yours, Martin

  5. CmdrTaco adds new bit to story submissions by blowdart · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now users can tick if their stories are duplicates or not.

  6. Same page duplicate for goodness sake by rusty+spoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but this time the bit is real evil and the entire story is even more menacing ;-)

  7. Cmdr. Xerox! by opti6600 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The best post duplicator around!

  8. This is a good thing by kinnell · · Score: 3, Funny

    The latest version of IPv6 incorporates an evil bit, and adding one to IPv4 will allow existing IPv4 networks to become forward compatible with the new IPv6 networks. Without this, the mere existence of an "evil" bit in IPv6 may suggest to the poular imagination that IPv6 is more evil than IPv4. This would be catastrophic, as it would stall the uptake of IPv6, possibly forcing us to use IPv4 forever and preventing us from giving every molecule on the planet it's own IP address. This is a good day for mankind.

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    If I seem short sighted, it is because I stand on the shoulders of midgets
  9. Re:Dup by muffen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually, if they posted it again, it would be kinda funny again. I think the odd number of times something is posted, it's funny. Even number of times, it's just not as good to read.

    Check the download.com april first joke.

  10. Slashdot! The only place where . . . by div_2n · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) A first exclusive interview gets posted twice.

    2) New scientific discoveries sound familiar.

    3) 10 questions turn into 20.

    4) Last interviews turn into next to last.

    5) Congress is considering the first ever digital cloning ban.

    6) Duplicate replies to duplicate posts get duplicate moderation.

    7) The only thing not duplicated is polls (not even sure about that).

    8) 1000/1 = The ratio of time it takes for moderators to discover a dupe vs. the readers.

    9) 0 = The number of dupes deleted.

    10) The post (God forbid) announcing its closing will probably be posted twice.

  11. This dupe is okay.. by jetmarc · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... because it has the evil bit set. Had you installed
    the RFC update already, you wouldn't even have seen it!

  12. That's all fine and good, by bplipschitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    however, I'm going to sit back and wait for the 'Naughty Bit'.