On Fri, Apr 30, 1999 at 07:29:14AM -0700, John Polstra wrote: > It would be pretty hard to create 2^32 routes, given that IPv4 only > has 32-bit addresses. :-)
And here comes... IPv6 :-) > Also, if you time it I suspect you'll find > that it would take a geological lifetime on a fast machine to add that > many routes. Some people crack 40-bit DES in no time nowadays, so who knows what to expect... > I think it makes more sense to increase the size of the reference > count as discussed, rather than adding checks that add more complexity > and overhead. I agree. Let's count on an "int" being extended to 64 bits within the next few decades :-) -- Pierre Beyssac p...@enst.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
