From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6acf6512b4eb0f40965527558d66dcd8@proxima.alt.za> References: <9ab217670903250600h48d64c13t9276e42c07a9a222@mail.gmail.com> <6acf6512b4eb0f40965527558d66dcd8@proxima.alt.za> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:26:29 -0400 Message-ID: <9ab217670903260626x1907c10apf41d2db1038edfbe@mail.gmail.com> From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: lucio@proxima.alt.za, Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9 on Routers? Topicbox-Message-UUID: c7ba580c-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2009/3/26 : >> I've wanted to work with somebody >> on Plan 9 as a routing device in networks for some time, at least in >> the field of packet classification. > > I'll be happy to help, too, if so desired, I have been playing with > IPFilters in a pretty serious way for many years (and ipfw before > that) and may well be able to contribute my experiences in this > field. Sweet. Perhaps I'll re-implement the hookable filters into 9vx. The interface is a more difficult problem than a proof-of-concept filter (which I've implemented a few times). Maybe we should talk about ideas for rule lookups and the like off-list? I'll put it up as an idea again this year as well, and see if anybody bites. --dho > ++L > > >