From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jan 18 9:30: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C062337B404 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:30:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0IHU2N74391; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:30:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:30:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201181730.g0IHU2N74391@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: misc/33996: 127.0.0.0/8 not added to routing table by default Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/33996; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman To: "Crist J . Clark" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/33996: 127.0.0.0/8 not added to routing table by default Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:23:53 -0500 (EST) < said: > And sniffed the wire? That is a Bad Thing. No machine should ever let > 127/8 on the wire. But I believe there is another PR on this. I would note that the IPv6 code *does* install a blackhole route for ::/96, IPv6's equivalent of 127/8: # disallow "internal" addresses to appear on the wire route add -inet6 ::ffff:0.0.0.0 -prefixlen 96 ::1 -reject route add -inet6 ::0.0.0.0 -prefixlen 96 ::1 -reject -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message