Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 08:47:47 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: ij-ppp "problem" - my face is red! Message-ID: <199506260647.IAA22098@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <389.804141661@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jun 26, 95 05:41:01 am
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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > ... If > not, would the ijppp designers perhaps consider a new type of filter > for designating packets that don't change the timeout counter? I'm > not talking about `dfilter', which prohibits a packet from triggering > _dialing_, I'm talking about a filter which says "accept this packet, > but don't bias the timeout with it - if nothing BUT these packets come > in you can still hang up the line when the timer expires." That would also be necessary to prevent a bozo from keeping your line up by constantly pinging you. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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