Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33996: 127.0.0.0/8 not added to routing table by default Message-ID: <200201171630.g0HGU2J16603@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33996; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33996: 127.0.0.0/8 not added to routing table by default Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:20:01 +0200 On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 08:02:01AM -0800, Aragon Gouveia wrote: > > > The reserved 127.0.0.0/8 range is not added to FreeBSD's routing > table with destination interface lo0 by default. Instead, only > 127.0.0.1/32 is being routed to the loopback interface. Pinging, > for example, 127.2.3.4 returns no response - in my case it tries > to route via the default route out onto the net! > Nah, this is something that should be controlled with a firewall. The default ipfw(8) rules block this. Also, the kernel function in_canforward() does not allow forwarding of IP packets with the destination address in the 127.0.0.0/8 range. Can this PR be closed now? Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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