Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 04:53:34 +1000 From: obituary <c9710216@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with cvsup Message-ID: <3793742E.E0725B51@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> References: <3791BFE4.D18901D3@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> <xzp3dymnm2b.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <37931C99.7038563D@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> <xzpiu7gn6yd.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3793339D.297B21F3@atlas.newcastle.edu.au> <xzp7lnwn1dz.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Yes, in some cases you may save up to 1% CPU power using kernel PPP. > On the other hand, userland PPP is actively maintained, whereas > nobody's touched kernel PPP for over a year except to keep it in sync > with architectural changes in the kernel. > > Userland PPP has builtin NAT based on libalias (which does all kinds > of magic to make active FTP and the like work across NAT). It also has > a much nicer configuration syntax (though that may be a matter of > personal preference). You've sold me! My family refuse to use anything but M$ Internet Explorer for their web/ftp needs, and the damn thing doesn't support passive mode FTP (neither does their DOS based client for that matter). I had to add a rule to specifically allow TCP traffic on port 20... Thanks for the info. -jake (obituary) Powered by FreeBSD c9710216@atlas.newcastle.edu.au http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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