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/-- Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
| > /-- Pavlin Radoslavov wrote:
| > | 	Add two new XRLs:
| > | 	register_all_interfaces_client
| > | 	unregister_all_interfaces_client
| > | 	
| > | 	Those are similar to register_client and unregister_client, except
| > | 	that the registree is interested in monitoring all interfaces
| > | 	(i.e., not only those that are configured via XRLs).
| > | 	
| > | 	The original register_client and unregister_client XRLs
| > | 	would be used for registering in monitoring information about
| > | 	only those interfaces that were configured via XRLs (i.e.,
| > | 	through the rtrmgr).
| > 
| > Err, can I ask why these are needed ?  Isn't the rtrmgr is supposed to be t
| he 
| > word on configuration state ?  Isn't this allowing processes to sign up for
|  
| > info about things they are not supposed to know about?
| 
| For two reasons primary:
|  1. For debugging purpose if you want to snoop on all interface information
|  2. Temporary for the purpose of MFEA. Currently it is configured
|     via shell scripts, and if I don't have the above support it
|     simply won't work.

It's a backdoor.  If it's for the immediate transition phase I have no problem 
with it, but for the longer term...







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