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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 2004 01:14:49 +0300
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
To:        Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/73129: [patch] IPFW misbehaviour in RELENG_5
Message-ID:  <20041204221449.GC49503@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20041205005101.H44692@mp2.macomnet.net>
References:  <200412021322.iB2DMxLj066304@freefall.freebsd.org> <20041202134041.GB32699@cell.sick.ru> <41B2200F.FB46E28A@freebsd.org> <20041205005101.H44692@mp2.macomnet.net>

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On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 12:53:52AM +0300, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
M> IMHO restoring the historic behaviour (even broken in some respects)
M> is the best thing we can do at the moment.

+ my vote.

Using 'ipfw fwd' on packets just being nated, is a very common and used
technique. I know several places where people are delaying move from RELENG_4 to
RELENG_5 because of this problem.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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