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Date:      Wed, 15 Sep 1999 20:28:44 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        "Harry M. Leitzell" <Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel 
Message-ID:  <199909160228.UAA17804@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:59:45 EDT." <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990915185625.3416B-100000@unix13.andrew.cmu.edu> 
References:  <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990915185625.3416B-100000@unix13.andrew.cmu.edu>  

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In message <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990915185625.3416B-100000@unix13.andrew.cmu.edu> "Harry M. Leitzell" writes:
: 	Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the list have a huge
: arguement over this a while back and the decision was to leave it in for
: some reasons that someone dreamed up?  Anyone who didn't see the issue
: brought up, might want to check the list logs (Wherever they might be) for
: 3.2 or another release.

Short answer:
	The convenience of DHCP overrode whatever perceived benefits
from leaving it out got you.

Warner


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