Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 08:34:51 -0400 From: Rohit Dube <rohit@cs.umd.edu> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>, rohit@cs.umd.edu Subject: Re: Bizzare Ping (and other) bugs. Message-ID: <199704291234.IAA28439@darling.cs.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:57:07 EDT." <199704290157.VAA27764@darling.cs.umd.edu>
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On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 21:57:07 -0400 rohit@cs.umd.edu writes: =>The problem is that some PCBs cache routes. I haven't checked this out =>but, these cached routes should still cause a problem as they would =>point to the old in_ifaddr. These would have to be caught separately, =>unless one wants to sweep thru all the PCBs and fix them when the interface =>address changes. (I would go for the second option as address change is a =>rare event). I must have been stoned when I sent this (well it was rather late in the evening) - current connections _are_ supposed to break. Therefore the above is not a bug. Only new connections (or end points) should source packets with the new address. Sorry! --rohit.
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