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		floatboth on July 12, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netdev Day 1: IPsec "xform" would've been more obvious, but "xfrm" loses too much letters and indeed becomes something like "xf86 remove" :D

bewuethr on July 12, 2018 [–]

"xform" I've seen elsewhere, like in GNU tar's --xform option to transform filenames. It does accept --transform as well, though, and I agree that "xfrm" doesn't readily map to "transform" for me either.

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