(Note, this hack has been known to Internet measurement folks for a while.)
> - randomize the id in the same way of tcp seq number
> (but without repetitions, I have an idea for a fast
> algorithm that may perform this work)
A shuffling algorithm can do this using a single pass through an array.
> - use distinct counters for each dest ip.
> (I don't think it's such so good idea)
Yep, Solaris does that, maybe some others too.
> p.s. does somebody know why win* ip stack increase its id by 256?
> this solution can prevent the problem but may create others.
It's doing the increment little-endian instead of big-endian.
Vern
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