Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 22:51:26 -0700 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should FreeBSD-3.0 ship with RFC 1644 (T/TCP) turned off by Message-ID: <199809060551.WAA10205@implode.root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Sep 1998 10:28:28 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980905102431.6991D-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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> >On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Terry Lambert wrote: > >> The problem is not the options, per se, but the fact that some >> systems failed to mplement correct option negotiation, per >> RFC 793, for previously non-existant options. >> >> Livingston Portmasters were one known offender. >... >> Thus you would actualy puke bad equipment into non-operability. >... > > Ugh... really? I use Livingston Portmaster's and FreeBSD heavily. > > Be aware that (depending on the model) Portmasters have had a long >history, and some sites are still running 4 year old firmware on them. >Always get the ComOS version. Terry's assertion about the Livingston being broken is the first I've seen. Previously all of the reports of brokeness were with Annex terminal servers. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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