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Date:      Sun, 3 Feb 2002 13:33:50 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com>
To:        freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
Cc:        rwatson@FreeBSD.org, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, pst@pst.org, jlemon@flugsvamp.com, net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c
Message-ID:  <200202031833.g13IXrQ09017@aldan.algebra.com>
In-Reply-To: <200202031124.DAA29764@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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[Moved to -net]

On  3 Feb, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
 
> Almost everyone forgets to configure a reject route for 127/8, ie
> route add -net 127 127.0.0.1 -reject
[...] 
> IIRC this route was automatically created at one time in BSD history,

Is not /etc/defaults/rc.conf a good place for this now? Like:

	-static_routes=""
	+static_routes=127
	+route_127="-net 127 127.0.0.1 -reject"

A note in the release notes and UPDATING will also be needed, I guess.

	-mi


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