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Date:      Sun, 20 Sep 1998 19:58:11 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, rotel@indigo.ie, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: problem using 3 x znyx314 cards for 12 de ethernets
Message-ID:  <199809201958.MAA28105@usr04.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <19545.906306228@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at Sep 20, 98 05:43:48 pm

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> This whole discussion is moot. The default ICMP broadcast behavior for
> FreeBSD was changed recently:

I know.  I'm not happy about the default.

> Also, I just submitted patches to separate the broadcast and multicast
> echo functionality, with the broadcast echo defaulting to off and the
> multicast echo defaulting to on, as suggested by both Bill Fenner and
> myself. That way the ping bombers won't have quite as easy a time with
> FreeBSD boxes, and Terry Lambert will still be able to get a reply
> from the FreeBSD boxes on his LAN by pinging 224.0.0.1. Everybody happy
> now? :-)

Happier.  I still wish the default was the historical behaviour.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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