Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:47:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:47:31 -0500 Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.17]:54742 "EHLO mailout02.sul.t-online.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:47:30 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Oliver Neukum To: Brad Hards , "Folkert van Heusden" , Subject: Re: local link configuration daemon? Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:51:50 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <003b01c28fed$724a2c80$3640a8c0@boemboem> <200211191827.10622.oliver@neukum.name> <200211200815.56896.bhards@bigpond.net.au> In-Reply-To: <200211200815.56896.bhards@bigpond.net.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200211192351.50618.oliver@neukum.name> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 944 Lines: 23 > It was originally done by Sebastian Kuzminsky. It basically uses the > kernel's packet filter (BPF) and socket code, via Libnet and libpcap. You > can get it from your friendly kernel.org mirror > (http://www.XX.kernel.org/pub/software/network/zcip/, where XX is your > country code). > > In the longer term, it might be appropriate to move some of it (the defend > part of the claim-and-defend sequence) into kernel space. I don't think it > makes sense to have it all in kernel space. Definitely, however you've never convinced me how you do the arp related part in user space at all. It seems to me that you cannot do that unless you take all arp handling into user space. Regards Oliver - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/