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Date:      Thu, 27 Aug 1998 09:24:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com>
To:        Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ping ping.8 ping.c
Message-ID:  <199808271624.JAA14693@apollo.backplane.com>
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:I agree that unlimited iterations are undesirable in some environments as
:a default; however, I feel that the way to address that is via login.conf.
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:Hard coding n iterations pretty much emasculates ping.  I feel that the
:recent controversial changes should be backed out until some sort of
:consensus can be achieved.
:
:-Chris

    I really don't think login.conf is the place to put application-specific
    restrictions.

						-Matt

    Matthew Dillon  Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet 
                    Communications
    <dillon@backplane.com> (Please include original email in any response)

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