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Hi Thor,

Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

> Hm.  That's not quite what's wanted, in a lot of applications.  The
> VMware virtual ethernet device, for example, acts like a hub or
> switch -- it puts all the endpoints on the _same_ virtual segment.
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> I suppose it would be possible to do something similar by combining
> tap with bridge, but that's a bit messy.

I think it's cleaner to have the endpoints seperated, and connected
by explicit configuration. This follows the ancient spirit of Unix-
like application building, which provides small building blocks that
you can combine.

Regards,
	-is
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