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Date:      Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:44:45 +0100
From:      Daniel Hartmeier <daniel@benzedrine.cx>
To:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: per-interface packet filters
Message-ID:  <20041213174445.GA13268@insomnia.benzedrine.cx>
In-Reply-To: <200412131743.36722.max@love2party.net>
References:  <20041213124051.GB32719@cell.sick.ru> <200412131743.36722.max@love2party.net>

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On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 05:43:26PM +0100, Max Laier wrote:

> > I'm glad to see any constructive comments on plan.
> 
> Sorry, I don't see the point. If you are going to penalize the common case for 
> this I will object.

On the other hand, if there was a simple (and cheap) way to disable
packet filtering for arbitrary interfaces (for instance flag in struct
ifnet, like 'ifconfig lo0 no-pfil' or such), that could be useful in
cases like

  http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/tech/0407/msg00061.html

Daniel



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