Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 17:04:23 +0200 From: Pierre Beyssac <beyssac@enst.fr> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any action on PR 10570 ? getting closer to 65K :-( Message-ID: <19990430170423.C7295@enst.fr> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990430072914.jdp@polstra.com>; from John Polstra on Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 07:29:14AM -0700 References: <19990430122651.A11742@enst.fr> <XFMail.990430072914.jdp@polstra.com>
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On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 07:29:14AM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > It would be pretty hard to create 2^32 routes, given that IPv4 only > has 32-bit addresses. :-) And here comes... IPv6 :-) > Also, if you time it I suspect you'll find > that it would take a geological lifetime on a fast machine to add that > many routes. Some people crack 40-bit DES in no time nowadays, so who knows what to expect... > I think it makes more sense to increase the size of the reference > count as discussed, rather than adding checks that add more complexity > and overhead. I agree. Let's count on an "int" being extended to 64 bits within the next few decades :-) -- Pierre Beyssac pb@enst.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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