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On Jul 16, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Hiroki Sato wrote:

> Vlad Galu <dudu@dudu.ro> wrote
>  in <A718ADB2-EC52-462C-A114-85053F1B2E55@dudu.ro>:
>=20
> du> Hello,
> du>
> du> A couple of years ago, Stef Walter proposed a patch[1] that =
enforced
> du> the scope of routing messages. The general consesus was that the =
best
> du> approach would be the OpenBSD way - transporting the FIB number in =
the
> du> message and letting the user applications filter out unwanted
> du> messages.
> du>
> du> Are there any plans to tackle this before 9.0?
>=20
> I am looking into this and investigating other possible extensions in
> rtsock messages such as addition of a fib member to rt_msghdr.  I am
> not sure it can be done before 9.0, though...
>=20
> -- Hiroki


Thanks! Even if this gets postponed for 10.0, living with a  backport of =
the official
implementation would be easier than maintaining a homegrown solution.

VG