Eichert, Diana <deic...@sandia.gov> wrote: > As a person who has spent a lot of time configuring network devices it > seems normal to explicitly bring an interface UP, whatever type of > interface.
Some commercial routers and switches have explicit up operations. Others follow a change-and-commit model. But OpenBSD isn't a switch or a router. Many of our network configurations have followed the simpler model for a long time. The question is where to draw the line.
