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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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Subject: Re: Can TCP changes be put in RELENG_4?
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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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