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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:29:48 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   4.5R and explicit broadcast routes
Message-ID:  <200202011829.g11ITmq86936@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020201.125134.730570091.panariti@mediaone.net>
References:  <20020201.125134.730570091.panariti@mediaone.net>

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<<On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:51:34 -0500 (EST), "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net> said:

> Unfortunately, all I have is a binary for the app, so I can't figure
> out what they are doing.  I don't even know if making a TCP connection
> to 255.255.255.255 is legal.

It is utterly, 100% bogus.

> Does anyone know where this explicit broadcast route is being added,
> and why? Is there a knob to turn it off?

The route is created automatically in order to speed up recognition of
broadcast addresses on machines with many interfaces.

-GAWollman


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