Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 06:33:09 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: mistwolf@mushhaven.net (Jamie Norwood) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd DoS Message-ID: <200001281433.GAA81327@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <20000128061520.A80597@mushhaven.net> from Jamie Norwood at "Jan 28, 2000 06:15:20 am"
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> On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 06:11:08AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > #ifconfig_ep1_alias0="inet 194.134.130.170 194.134.128.1 netmask > > > 255.255.252.0" > > > > The above won't even parse correctly by ifconfig, 2 ip's???? and > > again, is this network SUPERNETTED? Or is the netmask suppose to > > actually be 255.255.255.252? > > Err, yes, it will, it's not two IPs, it is IP DEST. Not on epX it ain't!!! > > >From man ifconfig: > > SYNOPSIS > ifconfig interface address_family [address [dest_address]] [parameters] From man ifconfig: dest_address Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end of a point to point link. gndrsh:root {1327}# !1324 ifconfig de0 inet 194.134.130.170 194.134.128.1 netmask 255.255.252.0 gndrsh:root {1328}# Jan 28 06:30:34 gndrsh gated[108]: if_rtup: UP route for interface de0 194.134.130.170/255.255.252 gndrsh:root {1328}# ifconfig -a de0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 194.134.130.170 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 194.134.128.1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ether 00:c0:f0:04:2c:d4 media: autoselect (10base5/AUI) status: active supported media: autoselect 10base5/AUI 10base2/BNC 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP ... That 194.134.128.1 actual screws up the broadcast address, which is what the second argument to the underlying ioctl gets used for when it is set!!! -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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