Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 16:59:56 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_fw.c ip_fw.h src/sbin/ipfw ipfw.8 ipfw.c Message-ID: <200102200059.f1K0xuo02139@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20010219235626.E8851@tao.org.uk>
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Josef Karthauser wrote: > On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 01:23:56PM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: > >=20 > > Here's a proposal :-) > >=20 > > Netgraphify the entire networking stack. Each interface is a node, > > the local IP stack (or stacks) is a node, etc. Sprinkle liberally > > with ng_ipfw(4) (or better yet, ng_bpf(4), allowing full tcpdump > > style packet matching) nodes to suit. > > How much work is this? What does it buy us performance-wise? In general, it will be a performance loss instead. You dont get things for free. > Joe Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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