>      I realise that Charles has contributed a great deal to NetBSD
> (including apparently spending his own money to do trade show booths)=

> and obviously knows a great deal about operating systems, but does he=

> know enough about networking to be considered an authority in that
> area?

To put it carefully, I trust him at least to the extent that when he
says something to be a fact without even a hint of reservation that
the statement is not merely based on supposition.

Regards,

- H=E5vard