Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:56:35 +0000 From: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> To: "melifaro@freebsd.org" <melifaro@freebsd.org> Cc: "<freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org>" <freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kern/121122: [ipfw] [patch] add support to ToS IP PRECEDENCE fields Message-ID: <C8392884-7FAE-4894-965E-6FC1DB7C8CAF@netapp.com> In-Reply-To: <201303141348.r2EDmpTB067069@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201303141348.r2EDmpTB067069@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Hi, interpreting these bits as a TOS field has been deprecated since RFC2474 wa= s published in 1998. Since then, we've been having a DSCP codepoint and ECN= bits in the IP header. It would be actively harmful to add TOS byte support 15 years after it was = deprecated. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_of_service Lars On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:48, melifaro@freebsd.org wrote: > Synopsis: [ipfw] [patch] add support to ToS IP PRECEDENCE fields >=20 > Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-ipfw->melifaro > Responsible-Changed-By: melifaro > Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Mar 14 13:48:37 UTC 2013 > Responsible-Changed-Why:=20 > Take. >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D121122 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ipfw > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ipfw-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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