Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/33996: 127.0.0.0/8 not added to routing table by default Message-ID: <200201181730.g0IHU2N74391@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/33996; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> 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) <<On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:30:02 -0800 (PST), "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> 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
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