udp and spec issues

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Hi Everyone,
                     My name is Sayan Chaudhuri, from India , currently
working as a software developer. I am interested to contribute to the
netbsd TCP/IP networking stack - solve bugs, do projects and have learning
and fun along the way . I have already done the source code checkout and
build and compiled for the kernel and the userland .
                      With respect to networking, I only have experience
working with sockets at the application layer on linux . But my motivation
is  to gain deeper understanding of the TCP/IP stack, down to the lower
layers, read RFCs and implement things appropriate for the netbsd stack . I
intend to work on the project -> "Making a network driver MPSAFE
<https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/mpsafe_net_driver/>" for the QEMU
supported hardware .
                       As a starting point to become familiar with the
codebase (not necessarily with respect to the project above), I am going
through the bugs list and found the following UDP-related bug ->
https://gnats.netbsd.org/9137 . I would request the community to suggest if
this would be a good issue to solve as a beginner . I am open to other
suggestions as well .
                        In case the above issue is worth solving, I was
thinking , I should first write a server-client program on netbsd where the
client sends udp packets from port 0 and see if there is indeed any issue .
Will this be the correct approach ?
                         Looking forward to learning from you all.

Thanks,
Sayan Chaudhuri

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become familiar with the codebase (not necessarily with respect to the proj=
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lank">https://gnats.netbsd.org/9137</a>=C2=A0. I would request the communit=
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rogram on netbsd where the client sends udp packets from port 0 and see if =
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=A0 =C2=A0Looking forward to learning from you all.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Sayan=
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