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From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net>
Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 4.5R and explicit broadcast routes
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ummmm by definition a tcp session cannot be to 255.255.255.255
what on EARTH is it trying to do?


On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, David A. Panariti wrote:

> >>>>> "Garrett" == Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> writes:
> 
> Garrett> <<On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:51:34 -0500 (EST), "David
> Garrett> A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net> said:
> >> Unfortunately, all I have is a binary for the app, so I can't
> >> figure out what they are doing.  I don't even know if making a TCP
> >> connection to 255.255.255.255 is legal.
> 
> Garrett> It is utterly, 100% bogus.
> That was my suspicion.
> 
> >> Does anyone know where this explicit broadcast route is being
> >> added, and why? Is there a knob to turn it off?
> 
> Garrett> The route is created automatically in order to speed up
> Garrett> recognition of broadcast addresses on machines with many
> Garrett> interfaces.
> 
> Where is it created and will it break things if I comment it out?
> This binary is my VPN to work and it is very important that it works
> for me.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> davep
> 
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