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Date:      Wed, 05 Dec 2001 20:51:31 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Lamont Granquist <lamont@scriptkiddie.org>, Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jim Durham <jimd@nepinc.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can TCP changes be put in RELENG_4?
Message-ID:  <3C0EF953.54CF24DB@mindspring.com>
References:  <20011205085750.I28101-100000@coredump.scriptkiddie.org> <200112052142.fB5LgVM53167@apollo.backplane.com>

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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.

I think the main question is whether or not Linux should continue
to kick FreeBSD's ass after 4.5 is released.

-- Terry

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