From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Anders Subject: Re: New API / POM modules to merge.... Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:27:25 +0100 Message-ID: <4191525D.7090704@anduras.de> References: <20041108134743.217B817BE5@grasshopper.anduras.de> <418FD708.3030302@anduras.de> <4190E80C.8020106@anduras.de> <41913C78.6050109@anduras.de> <41914FB6.4050502@trash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------070304060307090005080406" Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, Henrik Nordstrom Return-path: To: Patrick McHardy In-Reply-To: <41914FB6.4050502@trash.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------070304060307090005080406 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Patrick McHardy wrote: | Henrik Nordstrom wrote: | |> The tool is there, but you need to work a little harder to get access |> to it. From experience it is known that if such tools are available in |> mainline then users who do not have a clue what they are doing will |> use it without understanding the implications or limitations of how |> such tool can be safely used. | | | I think there is another reason. I simply can't see any reason | to actually use it. Of course I might be missing something. Hide a firewall from a traceroute? (But you did not need the increase function for it...) Regards ~ Sven - -- ~ Sven Anders ~ ANDURAS service solutions AG ~ Innstraße 71 - 94036 Passau - Germany ~ Web: www.anduras.de - Tel: +49 (0)851-4 90 50-0 - Fax: +49 (0)851-4 90 50-55 Rechtsform: Aktiengesellschaft - Sitz: Passau - Amtsgericht Passau HRB 6032 Mitglieder des Vorstands: Sven Anders, Marcus Junker, Michael Schön Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Dipl. Kfm. Karlheinz Antesberger -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBkVJc5lKZ7Feg4EcRAi9NAJsFjsDTNaOWmgQDtzGUIjjbw1R53wCcDkhi /ILIHrKTreS0kCHpYciea2s= =REWg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------070304060307090005080406--