From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Feb 12 4:20: 7 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (whale.sunbay.crimea.ua [212.110.138.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B75737B402 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 04:19:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ru@localhost) by whale.sunbay.crimea.ua (8.11.6/8.11.2) id g1CCFK308822; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:15:20 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ru) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 14:15:20 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov To: Michael Meltzer Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 127/8 in ip_output.c Message-ID: <20020212141520.A8237@sunbay.com> References: <01a701c1b33c$733b99a0$34f820c0@ix1x1000> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <01a701c1b33c$733b99a0$34f820c0@ix1x1000> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 03:41:15PM -0500, Michael Meltzer wrote: > > I just got caught by block of all 127/8 in ip_output.c, At this point > I have recompiled my system to remove it but frankly I think it should > be removed from the OS, What happened it the it took out djbdsn along > with IPF, now those system where configured based on their respective > HOWTO's. Unless someone wants to start changing all the HOWTO's this > is asking for trouble. This is not nice, Luckily I knew how to code, > where to look and compile a kernel, think everyone who uses FreeBSD > will be so luckily. The RFC what to prevent 127/8 from leveling the > box, but could it be done not to breaking the tools. > Could you please forward me a reference to this HOWTO? Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message