On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 06:19:18PM +0100, Daniel Hartmeier wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 06:12:09PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > > I think it's useless. you can simply use N rules for N hosts. > > Rule evaluation is O(n), at least for a huge block of rules that are > equal except for their addresses, while lookups in patricia trees are > O(log n)...
yeah, but these host lists bring a whole new level of complexity, and that even to the kernel. That's for sure nothing to do before 3.3, and even afterwards I don't think it is desireable. -- Henning Brauer, BS Web Services, http://bsws.de [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)
