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Date:      Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:48:34 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        "Juha Saarinen" <juha@saarinen.org>
Cc:        "'Andrew Reilly'" <areilly@bigpond.net.au>, "'Joe Abley'" <jabley@automagic.org>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: 127/8 continued
Message-ID:  <15279.36370.255717.249074@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <00e001c144c8$c33bf900$0a01a8c0@den2>
References:  <20010924160936.A10863@gurney.reilly.home> <00e001c144c8$c33bf900$0a01a8c0@den2>

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> :: Those packets are _supposed_ to get back to this host.  That's
> :: what loopback is for.
> 
> Yes, I think the RFCs make a point of this.

But if you have no interface listening on the other 254 addresses, you
may was well blockhole them.



Nate

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