Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 04 Nov 1996 12:50:32 -0500 (EST) | From | "Mark H. Wood" <> | Subject | Re: unusual startup messages |
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> > [Regarding crypto code in the kernel for IPsec] > > [Rustling noise, as of Nomex jumpsuit being donned] > > > > Okay, why is the network inside the kernel anyway? > > So that the kernel can implement some kind of security against bad frames > being sent out and/or garbage. You can certainly make a case for some > higher level protocols being in user space, and we do that for all the higher > appletalk layers and for RPC. In theory if you are bored you can write SPX > as a library on top of the IPX code too.
I guess I'm missing something. The drivers are still part of the kernel, and the responsibility for producing only good frames lies there, no?
Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer MWOOD@INDYVAX.IUPUI.EDU Those who will not learn from history are doomed to reimplement it.
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