Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 12:33:48 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net> Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.5R and explicit broadcast routes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202011233150.67160-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20020201.152304.730551989.panariti@mediaone.net>
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ummmm by definition a tcp session cannot be to 255.255.255.255 what on EARTH is it trying to do? On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, David A. Panariti wrote: > >>>>> "Garrett" == Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> writes: > > Garrett> <<On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:51:34 -0500 (EST), "David > Garrett> 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. > > Garrett> It is utterly, 100% bogus. > That was my suspicion. > > >> Does anyone know where this explicit broadcast route is being > >> added, and why? Is there a knob to turn it off? > > Garrett> The route is created automatically in order to speed up > Garrett> recognition of broadcast addresses on machines with many > Garrett> interfaces. > > Where is it created and will it break things if I comment it out? > This binary is my VPN to work and it is very important that it works > for me. > > thanks, > > davep > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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