From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:06:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:06:39 -0500 Received: from [63.95.87.168] ([63.95.87.168]:55559 "HELO xi.linuxpower.cx") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:06:31 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:06:29 -0500 From: Gregory Maxwell To: David Schwartz Cc: Jamie Lokier , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: hotmail not dealing with ECN Message-ID: <20010127190629.A7467@xi.linuxpower.cx> In-Reply-To: <20010127151428.H6821@xi.linuxpower.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.8i In-Reply-To: ; from davids@webmaster.com on Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:18:31PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 02:18:31PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > > Firewalling should be implemented on the hosts, perhaps with centralized > > policy management. In such a situation, there would be no reason to filter > > on funny IP options. > > That's madness. If you have to implement your firewalling on every host, > what do you do when someone wants to run a new OS? Forbid it? No a standard management interface would be followed by every host. Not unlike configuring your ipaddress with DHCP. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/