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Date:      Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:54:40 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: rdr 127.0.0.1 and blocking 127/8 in ip_output()
Message-ID:  <3C6B0AD0.2D9F2497@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020213110347.C46245@sunbay.com> <200202131550.g1DFoDh41696@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20020213175851.A22977@sunbay.com> <200202131753.g1DHr8J42821@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

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Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:58:51 +0200, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> said:
> > RFC1122 requires the host to not send 127/8 addresses out of loopback,
> > whether or not its routes are set up correctly.
> 
> As we have already seen, there is not consensus on this particular
> issue, or on the general issue of how much of 1122 we should pay
> attention to at all.  (Are you going to implement multiple default
> routes as well?)

Actually, that's been a sore point in three commercial
projects (so far), so it's probably not a good example.

8-).

-- Terry

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