Subject: Re: It's time to nuke ipip* in favor of gif*
To: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@netbsd.org>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 02/24/2002 06:10:45
On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> The gif driver can do everything ipip can, and ipip is not being
> particularly actively maintained.  Rather than leaving it in the tree
> to rot, we might as well get rid of it now.  If anyone has a reason to
> keep it around, speak up now so we can convince you you're wrong. ;-)

ipip has a nice manpage which clarifies things and explains how to
setup things on a cisco. It would be nice to have that in gif(4).
(Not knowing Cisco, I cannot tell if the example applies to both ipip and
gif, but I'm sure enough people here know if).


 - Hubert


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