netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fixing SA/SP dumps on netlink/af

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Message-ID: <20080117125016.GA9820@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:50:16 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
Cc:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Fixing SA/SP dumps on netlink/af_key

On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 07:42:30AM -0500, jamal wrote:
> 
> Looking at the pfkey RFC one more time, heres a funny quote:
> "
> The dump message is used for debugging
> purposes only and is not intended for production use.
> "

In fact it goes much further:

   Support for the dump message MAY be discontinued in future versions
   of PF_KEY.  Key management applications MUST NOT depend on this
   message for basic operation.

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