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Re: [nbs] setsockopt() is bad.

Dave Thaler <dthaler@microsoft.com> Mon, 08 November 2010 10:05 UTC

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From: Dave Thaler <dthaler@microsoft.com>
To: Javier Ubillos <jav@sics.se>, Name-based Sockets List nbs <nbs@ietf.org>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Javier Ubillos [mailto:jav@sics.se]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:14 PM
> To: Name-based Sockets List nbs; Dave Thaler
> Cc: Javier Ubillos
> Subject: setsockopt() is bad.
> 
> Dave.
> 
> You spoke during todays bof (and just now at the MPTCP group) about your
> previous experience where setsockopt()s where not a great way to go.
> 
> What did you end up doing (other than moving the setsockopt()s to the
> appendix).
> 
> What was the right way to do it then?

See RFC 3678, especially section 2.
Short answer: new functions

-Dave

> 
> // Javier

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