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[Moved to -net]

On  3 Feb, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
 
> Almost everyone forgets to configure a reject route for 127/8, ie
> route add -net 127 127.0.0.1 -reject
[...] 
> IIRC this route was automatically created at one time in BSD history,

Is not /etc/defaults/rc.conf a good place for this now? Like:

	-static_routes=""
	+static_routes=127
	+route_127="-net 127 127.0.0.1 -reject"

A note in the release notes and UPDATING will also be needed, I guess.

	-mi


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