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Date:      Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:06:42 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        Ken McKittrick <klmac@twcny.rr.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5 not working with Linux Virtual Server
Message-ID:  <3E4D3E42.28D3FCB@mindspring.com>
References:  <2D64B0A4-3FBD-11D7-A349-000393B2B0EE@twcny.rr.com> <xzpn0kzq784.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> Ken McKittrick <klmac@twcny.rr.com> writes:
> > As I said, works fine with 4.7. I'm sure it's something 5.0-current
> > specific. I'm currently processing 500K emails per day with this
> > setup. :)
> 
> Your configuration relies on a long-standing bug in the networking
> stack, which caused FreeBSD to accept packets destined for one
> interface (lo0 in your case) even if they arrive on another interface.
> This has been corrected in 5.0.  Enabling forwarding on the 5.0 box
> should enable the historical behaviour.

sysctl -w net.inet.ip.check_interface=0

BTW, that was a feature, not a bug (8-)), and you can still get
around it by adulterating the routing table.

-- Terry

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