Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294)

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:54:12 +0100 (GMT)


Hi there.

>> So, if I'd set dynaddr to 10 to get verbosity + asymetric routing
>> hack, then the code would behave as I would have enabled bit 0
>> which is obviously not true. Lack of consistency for some
>> compatibility?

> Thing about: Does it make any sense to enable verbosity without
> enabling the feature? Does it make any sense to enable the
> asymetric routing hack without the RST-provoking (see the
> documentation for)?

When does "make any sense to" have anything to do with whether users
choose to do something? In my experience, assumptions like that are
one sure route to broken software...

Best wishes from Riley.

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