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To: Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
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Subject: Re: optimised ip_input 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 08:21:00 -0800
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>ip_input() is appalling slow for multi-homed hosts, taking around
>2 x num_interface_addresses comparisons to detect if a packet is
>locally destined.
>
>I've addressed this with address caching, hashing, and intelligent
>handling of broadcast addresses. Interested?

   Certainly...I'd like to see the diffs...

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project