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Watching people try to teach John Nagle how to do networking is half the reason why I like reading the HN forums :-). I'm not one to defer to authority too eas
by alxlaz 7y ago
Watching people try to teach John Nagle how to do networking is half the reason why I like reading the HN forums :-).
I'm not one to defer to authority too easily, but it's my experience that, when someone with enough experience says something that sounds out of this world, it's a good idea to think about it for a bit.
- Animats 7y agoThere are arguments for unique IP addresses for interfaces. I'm just amused at the addition of yet another layer of address indirection.
- alxlaz 7y agoCertainly, I'm convinced that neither you, nor the fine folks at BSD were/are clueless about these things. I think it's important to know why these decisions were made, and what trade-offs were involved, so that I don't get dogmatic about them.