From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 06:19:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30CBB16A4BF; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:19:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from linux.research.att.com (H-135-207-24-16.research.att.com [135.207.24.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72B9543FE5; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:18:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fenner@research.att.com) Received: from unixmail.research.att.com (unixmail.research.att.com [135.207.26.71])h7MDKoWC014861; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:20:50 -0400 Received: from windsor.research.att.com (windsor.research.att.com [135.207.26.46])h7MDI8Zn028942; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:18:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Fenner Received: (from fenner@localhost) by windsor.research.att.com (8.11.6+Sun/8.8.5) id h7MDIwW24087; Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:18:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200308221318.h7MDIwW24087@windsor.research.att.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII To: bms@spc.org Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:18:57 -0700 Versions: dmail (solaris) 2.5a/makemail 2.9d cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org cc: wes@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Receiving INADDR_BROADCAST packets X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 13:19:01 -0000 I think c) (perhaps combined with IP_RECVDSTADDR so that you know whether you got a unicast or broadcast) is the correct answer. I think binding UDP sockets to tell what interface/address was the destination is a historical artifact. Bill