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Date:      Sat, 2 Feb 2002 18:12:43 +0100
From:      Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Paul Traina <pst@pst.org>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c
Message-ID:  <20020202181243.M36165@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020202164938.GA5777@pst.org>; from pst@pst.org on Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 08:49:38AM -0800
References:  <200202011042.g11Ag9U93410@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020202123007.GA19270@matrix.42.org> <20020202140147.GA71238@hades.hell.gr> <20020202164938.GA5777@pst.org>

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On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 08:49:38AM -0800, Paul Traina wrote:
> Please don't hard-code this.  We've seen some people actually use the
> loopback network as their internal (to their AS) network.  Loopback
> means different things to different people.  It's the same thing as
> the firewall stuff.

127/8 should be dropped, but rfc1918 addresses should not, that
would be something for the admin to implement in ipfw/ipfilter
if he/she choose to do so.

/Jesper

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