From 19ad80bb570f1e9300a3abfff1f1908dc87d7afc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Nicholas J. Kain" Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:54:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Minor doc fix. I'm going to keep using libcap. --- README | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index a62ee87..e922b30 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ in the case of a conflict, and of relentlessly defending a lease forever. In either mode, it rate-limits defense messages, so it can't be tricked into flooding by a hostile peer or DHCP server, either. -Small. Both ndhc and ifchd avoid outside dependencies and are written in -plain C. +Small. Both ndhc and ifchd avoid unnecessary outside dependencies and are +written in plain C. The only library used is libcap, as the raw raw kernel API +for capabilities is not guaranteed to stay stable. Fast. ndhc filters input using the BPF/LPF mechanism so that uninteresting packets are dropped by the operating system before ndhc even sees the data.