Messages in this thread | | | From | Al Boldi <> | Subject | Re: A proposal; making 2.6.20 a bugfix only version. | Date | Sat, 11 Nov 2006 14:15:46 +0300 |
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David Miller wrote: > From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:09:17 -0800 > > > On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 07:15:49 +0300 > > > > Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote: > > > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote: > > > > > > I meant structural OSI compliance. > > > > Read the book "Network Algorithmics"; it has a clear discussion > > of why building your stack like the protocol specification > > is a bad idea. > > Even Van Jacobson can be quoted as saying (to the effect) that > layering is how you design protocols, _NOT_ how you implement > them.
The problem is that you let the implementation surface into user-land.
Thanks!
-- Al
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