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From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: ds0 interface (was Re: new network device that appeared on it's own)
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<<On Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:42:28 -0700, Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> said:

> I think we should rename it to the 'bh0' interface then, or even better
> the 'null0' interface. *grin*

The `ds' and `disc' are for `discard'.  The short `ds' is because it's
just a modified version of `lo'.

-GAWollman

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