Subject: Re: IPSEC in GENERIC
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/20/2006 21:19:16
jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu writes:

>In message <dtd93h$2ln$1@serpens.de>Michael van Elst writes
>>jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu writes:
>>
>>>[*] That is, IPv6 is utterly useless on *my* machines.
>>
>>Do you run GENERIC kernels on your machines?

>Some yes, some no.  What's that got to do with the fact that IPv6 *is*
>utterly useless to me, or that i'd like to not enable IPv6 on machines
>which are still running GENERIC kernels?

I wanted to stress that people like you (or me, or almost everybody reading)
often do not use GENERIC kernels and whatever is in GENERIC has little
impact on us.

You may disable IPv6 as you may disable^Wenable IPSEC if that's what you
need.

However, GENERIC is what gets installed initially, what might be the
only choice for some people and is necessarily the first choice for
newcomers. Having IPSEC there is worthwhile even when it spoils
benchmarks.


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