Subject: Re: ipfilter loading.
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/29/1997 15:40:34 
   Personally, I don't see why we should support ipfilter as an LKM,
   because

see below.

   I don't think kernels for firewall machines should _have_ LKM
   support.

i agree.


(below)


but not all machines running ipfilter _are_ firewalls.

this software is more useful than just firewalling.