netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: make bridge-nf-call-*tables default configurable

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:16:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	markmc@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: make bridge-nf-call-*tables default
 configurable

From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:47 +0100

> For these reasons, it makes sense to allow distributions to disable
> netfilter on the bridge by default and require those specialized users
> to enable it explicitly via sysctl.

I heard that distributions ship some file, what's it called...
something like /etc/sysctl.conf :-)

Really, if someone thinkgs the default stinks and dists don't like it
for their users, they can use sysctl.conf to set it how they please.

Notwithstanding that changing this default can break working
setups and scripts.  Yes they can "change", but they were just
(rightly) using the kernel as it came to them.
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