From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Wed Jul 3 07:49:03 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 303EC15CA899 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2019 07:49:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luthramihir708@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qk1-x732.google.com (mail-qk1-x732.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::732]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 674438E165 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 2019 07:49:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luthramihir708@gmail.com) Received: by mail-qk1-x732.google.com with SMTP id d15so1427397qkl.4 for ; Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:49:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Xg4Ir2jPLAlQlfmI1n0H1AHdvk6+TcLj+3KBXMMnrDQ=; b=O2G1Fsf6C6hZRf5OoSYaRAHSJfcUlQXIUl3XFAFQZ098YCvw4lEhxdSRt9S8nw2CJa hctHuUhyZFLdqPzQqfOF5bnLIchVg5zgxi9uaJ86IWFf+zcdakXuwiiWOAMmqPc8l+ex 3Uon57zizE0aGYw1cLn+Ek8fL/JbVPpKcvOCgc+KB5HR+qKPab0ehWh2HORQwWqYiFN9 6xxfphXYpH0Mjf/vmHNLbc/QpDjPkCvf21AnyNgo8FrANIiDG+IqYTdj+ULUwBVhSNlq XP8qWgTAL0hw6dT6QMrhFdNt6N48a8vfvHfNIodr8iiPfEDqAOe0neF2o7R6ICwBmPlX 5Znw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Xg4Ir2jPLAlQlfmI1n0H1AHdvk6+TcLj+3KBXMMnrDQ=; b=fpNwnCFWjyrmHGuFe0wmPLjfSyj89xbdWmV4se6Sph5yGT2Tw4rW2Wj9R9WcsROe/2 HYZkuLGgEDPMJ91SaMQkX/M+6fkPgB3Uc1lkLBfOwG4x5/j2/L5YbLnX3U35JmuzGCGq xZCDq1ngEyuuxBBY6qXmUMGnZPC/dDCzw5fHwP3kH2+8JJp/9j9RWqdoNlLXkJ2+rsk+ et5vitf2dSjyFI5wnnnJSZR/tUKMBHToalcs0Rfs6bbHlsAo4G1DuKztTkHip7tbxrAw eHKz/OphgbUSZWVT1ePZspQFF6RdN377SR/1HXeSrA5qH0rgThjw5vB4W38HDkUTN2w+ ni+g== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXXsRmr9Hv93J5HViXoXPeL0hPl3Znf7bKX1fuyR2/Ydq2bS9bR QKlOPGZvwUY7VOkUqxEL89HDySjzesALdP4yHhA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz/8fWqyJiiSvjnrvqqqA8p92EwXUDWS3P+MbikCDAeRhjAjJmcU6ft6GRwBSNrNoRlDggKCQ+V0gMCgzQ1UvM= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f713:: with SMTP id m19mr17406131vso.183.1562140140712; Wed, 03 Jul 2019 00:49:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Mihir Luthra Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2019 13:18:49 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: IPv6 userland cleanup To: Nick Wolff Cc: freebsd-net , gavin.atkinson@gmail.com X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 674438E165 X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=O2G1Fsf6; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of luthramihir708@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::732 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=luthramihir708@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.93 / 15.00]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.999,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.91)[-0.909,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-net@freebsd.org]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2.3.7.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.b.8.f.7.0.6.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(-3.01)[ip: (-9.49), ipnet: 2607:f8b0::/32(-3.15), asn: 15169(-2.36), country: US(-0.06)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 07:49:03 -0000 On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 7:27 PM Nick Wolff wrote: > Mihir, > > It depends on what skills you have/wanting to learn. Specifically some > mildly low hanging fruit is merge of ping and ping6, also merge of > traceroute and traceroute6. These programs both have an ipv4 and ipv6 > variant. Before that making sure you can build freebsd is always helpful > and making sure to read "man heir" for file hieraachy. "man style" for > coding style info. > >> >> I am somewhat skilled in C and unix shell scripts I belief and I am really interested a lot in networking concepts and os kernels although just have basic knowledge of latter. I felt this project is a good one for a starter, so I thought I should work on it. Yes, I forked the repository and starting reading stuff related to project. Thanks for the advises. I will make sure to read the man pages too. Also, I use a Mac generally for work. I wanted to enquire if that could cause any issues later? Like compatibility or some other? Thanks, Mihir