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Date:      Fri, 01 Feb 2002 15:54:20 -0500 (EST)
From:      "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net>
To:        julian@elischer.org
Cc:        wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.5R and explicit broadcast routes
Message-ID:  <20020201.155420.640903199.panariti@mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202011233150.67160-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
References:  <20020201.152304.730551989.panariti@mediaone.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0202011233150.67160-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>

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>>>>> "Julian" == Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> writes:

Julian> ummmm by definition a tcp session cannot be to 255.255.255.255
Julian> what on EARTH is it trying to do?

I haven't the slightest idea... I'm running AltaVist Tunnel 97.  A five
year old binary with no source.  I guess I should be glad it lasted
this long.  It worked perfectly up till 4.3, had a slight routing
problem in 4.4 and is DOA under 4.5

I guess it is time to roll back to 4.4.
Perhaps a complete trace under 4.4 will give me a clue as to what it
is trying to do.
But I'll still need a way to disable that automagic route addition.

thanks,

davep


Julian> 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
>>
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