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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: option DIAGNOSTIC ?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970506140612.5943E-100000@burka.carrier.kiev.ua> from Alexander Litvin at "May 6, 97 02:13:18 pm"
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> What is the /Subj/ supposed to serve for?

Options DIAGNOSTIC is supposed to enable extra sanity checks
in the kernel.

> b) My kernel with IPFW panics just after (it seems) a single packet
>    behind a firewall (ipfw: chain...) -- is it supposed to behave so?

This is a bug in the ipfw code... will be fixed soon.

-Archie

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