Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 23:00:56 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Atsushi Murai <amurai@spec.co.jp> Cc: CVS-commiters@freefall.cdrom.com, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp ipcp.c Message-ID: <199507040600.XAA09220@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Jul 95 14:59:08 %2B0900." <9507040559.AA00088@tama3.spec.co.jp.spec.co.jp>
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>"Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com> wrote: >: >:This topic has been rolling around on the mailing lists for some time now. >:All comments have been that the mapping is bogus. No RFCs mention the >:magic address "192.0.0.1". This combined with all of the other reasons >:stated on this list make it fairly obvious that the mapping is wrong. I >:think that these are the reasons that David made the change. I don't >:think David missed any of the steps you show on your list. As soon as >:you find a reason for the code to be reverted, it will be. > >Do you find a magic address "0.0.0.0" for such use on RFC ? Well, 0.0.0.0 may not be a "real" IP address, but it is the default for uninitialized interfaces. 192.0.0.1, however, is a valid address and is even assigned to someone! [corbin:CORBIN] nslookup Default Server: implode.Root.COM Address: 198.145.90.17 > set qt=ptr > 192.0.0.1 Server: implode.Root.COM Address: 198.145.90.17 1.0.0.192.in-addr.arpa name = NOVEX-1.NOVEX.COM in-addr.arpa nameserver = NS.INTERNIC.NET in-addr.arpa nameserver = AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL in-addr.arpa nameserver = NS1.ISI.EDU in-addr.arpa nameserver = C.PSI.NET in-addr.arpa nameserver = TERP.UMD.EDU in-addr.arpa nameserver = NS.NASA.GOV in-addr.arpa nameserver = NIC.NORDU.NET in-addr.arpa nameserver = NS.ISC.ORG in-addr.arpa nameserver = NS.NIC.DDN.MIL NS.INTERNIC.NET internet address = 198.41.0.4 AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL internet address = 128.63.4.82 AOS.ARL.ARMY.MIL internet address = 192.5.25.82 NS1.ISI.EDU internet address = 128.9.0.107 C.PSI.NET internet address = 192.33.4.12 TERP.UMD.EDU internet address = 128.8.10.90 NS.NASA.GOV internet address = 128.102.16.10 NIC.NORDU.NET internet address = 192.36.148.17 NS.ISC.ORG internet address = 192.5.5.241 -DG
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