From owner-cvs-src Fri Feb 21 7:17:14 2003 Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A13337B401; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:17:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx0.freebsd-services.com (survey.codeburst.net [195.149.39.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA41443F75; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 07:17:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paul@freebsd-services.com) Received: by mx0.freebsd-services.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id B9D8E1B211; Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:17:09 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 15:17:09 +0000 From: Paul Richards To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: "Jacques A. Vidrine" , "M. Warner Losh" , ru@FreeBSD.org, cjc@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet in_pcb.c Message-ID: <20030221151709.GH68768@survey.codeburst.net> References: <200302210528.h1L5SS0H092948@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030221131205.GE30966@sunbay.com> <20030221.062059.34122968.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030221135056.GA32007@madman.celabo.org> <20030221143149.GF68768@survey.codeburst.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:42:42PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Paul Richards writes: > > I think some features should be labelled as "experimental". This is a > > change that may have some benefit but may also be one that we wish > > hadn't happened and therefore it should be clear that this is a feature > > that's been implemented "to see how it goes" when deployed more widely. > > It is not a change. It is a new configuration knob which, if left > alone, changes absolutely nothing. Yes, but if a lot of people start changing this setting and FreeBSD gets a reputation for being insecure then we may wish we hadn't provided the knob. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-src" in the body of the message