Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 22:27:23 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Liam Slusser <liam@tiora.net>, Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu>, "Harry M. Leitzell" <Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BPF on in 3.3-RC GENERIC kernel Message-ID: <37E5B7AB.58601187@softweyr.com> References: <14489.937722438@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> In message <199909190551.WAA68627@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon writes:
>
> > It is especially important that system calls be constructed with
> > future binary compatibility issues in mind, especially if they
> > become widely adopted.
>
> You have not proved or even shown that changing this particular
> element will be enough to guarantee that we can support other
> protocols in the future.
No, but he has argued that it is inappropriate to pass an IP address as a
32-bit int, even if it is intended ONLY for IPv4. I have to agree with
that.
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