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Date:      Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:15:18 -0400
From:      Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To:        Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 127/8 continued
Message-ID:  <20010928121518.A90242@tp.databus.com>
In-Reply-To: <200109280200.VAA23645@aurora.sol.net>; from jgreco@ns.sol.net on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 09:00:18PM -0500
References:  <200109280200.VAA23645@aurora.sol.net>

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Joe, does this work on an Ethernet used as a point-to-point, with
a crossover cable?  That would actually be quite useful, but I'd
be pleasantly surprised if it works now.

Thanks,
Barney Wolff

On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 09:00:18PM -0500, Joe Greco wrote:
> 
> The "current practice" described in RFC 3021 is anything but a current
> practice.  Many people - including myself - have been using /31's for
> quite some time (read: since mid '90's) for point to point links.  Most
> folks I know have already been pressed into using host addresses, /31's,
> or (in a few cases) ugly things like 192.168-net.
> 
> FreeBSD does not appear to care on a point-to-point link, and hasn't for
> many years.  Feel free to use it.

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