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Date:      Mon, 04 Feb 2002 08:04:20 -0500
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        ru@freebsd.org
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dropping 127.* on the floor
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020204080228.022ab9c0@192.168.0.12>
In-Reply-To: <20020203.191758.96919906.imp@village.org>
References:  <3C5DE578.4020409@gmx.net> <20020203152433.A5932-100000@voyager.straynet.com> <3C5DE578.4020409@gmx.net>

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Hi,
         Will this be backed out, or do you know of a work around to this 
issue?

         ---Mike

At 07:17 PM 2/3/2002 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote:
>In message: <3C5DE578.4020409@gmx.net>
>             Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> writes:
>: Greg Prosser wrote:
>:
>: > FWIW, my problem was a change in the ip stack.
>: >
>: > We now drop 127.* packets on the floor if they come in across an interface
>: > that is not lo0.  Since ipnat redirect rules happen below the ip stack,
>: > packets which are rewritten by ipnat to use a 127.* address get dropped on
>: > the floor when they enter the stack.  ipnat records the redirect as having
>: > worked, but the packet just disappears silently.  This totally breaks
>: > my transparent proxy, as I forward the connections to 127.0.0.1 via ipnat.
>:
>:
>: Ugh. This probably means that transparent squid proxying will also break
>: and _that_ scares me (no touchy cvsup for my -STABLE box). You might
>: want to contact the committer about this.
>
>It is certainly looking like this change will be backed out.  It is
>well intended, but breaks too many things. :-(
>
>Warner
>
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