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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2001 13:10:32 +0000
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
To:        Domas Mituzas <domas.mituzas@delfi.lt>
Cc:        Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: gif & faith needed?
Message-ID:  <20010110131032.D735@tao.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101100441570.47422-100000@axis.tdd.lt>; from domas.mituzas@delfi.lt on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 04:43:03AM %2B0200
References:  <3A5BC6C5.96B87778@quake.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101100441570.47422-100000@axis.tdd.lt>

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On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 04:43:03AM +0200, Domas Mituzas wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Kal Torak wrote:
> 
> > Hiyas,
> > 
> > I am just wondering if gif and faith pseudo devices are needed for
> > anything? (Besides IPv6 stuff)
> > And what they are for...
> > 
> 
> You've mentioned the reason for those devices. If you're more deep into
> IPv6, you'll find they're used for tunneling. And if you wish to use just
> ipv4 for one month more, you dont need this.

Gif at least is usable for creating IPv4overIPv4 tunnels (using IPenc
encapsulation protocol).

Joe


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