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Why is always busybox?

Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 14, 2009 22:03 UTC (Mon) by JoeF (subscriber, #4486)
In reply to: Why is always busybox? by armijn
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Harald Welte has copyrights on ipfilter, if I remember right.
That's also pretty much everywhere in devices that connect to the network.
The busybox developers include Bruce Perens.


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Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 14, 2009 23:15 UTC (Mon) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953) [Link]

Maybe I'm showing my ignorance, but I thought part of the ipfilter code was in busybox these days?

Why is always busybox?

Posted Dec 14, 2009 23:30 UTC (Mon) by armijn (subscriber, #3653) [Link]

There is definitely no netfilter or iptables in BusyBox (I just grepped through the latest sources) :-)

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