hk@phk.freebsd.dk> Datum: woensdag, 12 juni 2024 12:39 Aan: Ronald Klop CC: current@freebsd.org Onderwerp: Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out > > Ronald Klop writes: > > > What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask? > > An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network. All traffic can go to the gateway. > > I dont think that will work ? > > The gateway will not be inside any of the attached networks, so you have no route to it ? > > Poul-Henning > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > > Ai. Of course. Typed quicker than I was thinking. :-) Well. Then it is maybe best to just error out on boot with a misconfigured network. Or revert back to the pre-14.1 behavior because of POLA. I'll leave it up to you and will make sure I configure my interfaces with a netmask. Regards, Ronald. ------=_Part_10233_1888345337.1718196026318 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Van: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Datum: woensdag, 12 juni 2024 12:39
Aan: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
CC: current@freebsd.org
Onderwerp: Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out

Ronald Klop writes:

> What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask?
> An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network. All traffic can go to the gateway.

I dont think that will work ?

The gateway will not be inside any of the attached networks, so you have no route to it ?

Poul-Henning

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.

Ai. Of course. Typed quicker than I was thinking. :-)

Well. Then it is maybe best to just error out on boot with a misconfigured network. Or revert back to the pre-14.1 behavior because of POLA.
I'll leave it up to you and will make sure I configure my interfaces with a netmask.

Regards,
Ronald.
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