Subject: Re: New IP filter code
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/01/1997 16:12:27
On Tue, 01 Apr 1997 15:26:33 -0800 
 Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

 > I can see how someone using ifp to reduce insecurity of diskless
 > or dataless machines on  a network wouldn't like that feature:
 > you might need  network acess to insert filters to turn *any* network
 > access on. 
 > 
 > So, can we get an option to add the ``bug'' back in, for those who
 > want it?

Certainly _NOT_ in the form it was in before.  If you're going to do
that (which I'd rather you not, but whatever), then please don't make
it happen by sheer coincidence of namespace collision.

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