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Date:      Sun, 30 Jul 2000 20:36:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fwd: A new kernel extension to deal with IP option packets 
Message-ID:  <200007310036.UAA03891@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200007302357.TAA74234@whizzo.transsys.com>
References:  <20000730104427.A28035@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <200007301827.OAA02982@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20000730212106.D28035@daemon.ninth-circle.org> <200007302357.TAA74234@whizzo.transsys.com>

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<<On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 19:57:10 -0400, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> said:

> Is this specifically to support an RSVP implementation when the FreeBSD
> platform is acting as a router?

That's the impression I got from the second message.  It certainly
doesn't deserve a new protocol family.  If anything, either the DIVERT
(ick!) functionality, or a socket option on a raw IP socket would be
more appropriate.

-GAWollman

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