From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun May 5 00:07:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA02663 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 5 May 1996 00:07:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from doorstep.unety.net (root@usi-00-10.Naperville.unety.net [204.70.107.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA02658 for ; Sun, 5 May 1996 00:07:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webster.unety.net (webster.unety.net [206.31.202.8]) by doorstep.unety.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id BAA08529; Sun, 5 May 1996 01:49:00 -0500 Received: by webster.unety.net with Microsoft Mail id <01BB3A25.8A650DA0@webster.unety.net>; Sun, 5 May 1996 01:52:39 -0500 Message-ID: <01BB3A25.8A650DA0@webster.unety.net> From: Jim Fleming To: "'Darren Reed'" , Warner Losh Cc: "FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org" Subject: RE: IPv8 Tutorial #1: Minimal IPv8 hack Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 01:52:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sunday, May 05, 1996 11:11 AM, Darren Reed[SMTP:avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au] wrote: @ In some mail from Warner Losh, sie said: @ > @ > : Protocol numbers aren't there to be chosen lightly, they should be @ > : registered with the IANA first, before use. @ > @ > That's why I said before that he's Co-opted the name. He's said @ > before here that the IANA or IETF isn't involved with his scheme. @ @ Given this, I'd advise against putting hacks for IPv8 in any FreeBSD @ distribution. It's simply not a good idea, IMHO. @ Does the word "Free" in FreeBSD mostly stand for Free as in Money or freedom as in freedom of choice...??? -- Jim Fleming UNETY Systems, Inc. Naperville, IL e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net