From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 5 20:37:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (wall-gw.polstra.com [206.213.73.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38B1537B416 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:37:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB64bg015375; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@wall.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.11.6/8.11.0) id fB64bgT89342; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:37:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:37:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112060437.fB64bgT89342@vashon.polstra.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org From: John Polstra Cc: dillon@apollo.backplane.com Subject: Re: Can TCP changes be put in RELENG_4? In-Reply-To: <200112052142.fB5LgVM53167@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20011205085750.I28101-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <200112052142.fB5LgVM53167@apollo.backplane.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <200112052142.fB5LgVM53167@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon wrote: > These changes are performance fixes, not security fixes. I consider > them fairly significant performance fixes, but these bugs have been in > the TCP stack for literally a whole year without an outcry so I don't > see much justification for putting them into the security branch. > > -Matt Yep, I agree 100%. The purpose of the security branch was spelled out clearly from day one. People who want something else can move to -stable. John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message