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From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
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Subject: Re: Another bug with netmasked aliases (with fix)
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On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 04:59:32PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> Hi Max,
> 
> I played today with "netmasked aliases", and found what
> appears to be another bug.
> 
> Adding an alias to the Ethernet interface with the same
> netmask results in this address not being pingable from
> this host -- it just spits ARP requests to the wire and
> never hears back (most Ethernets are simplex devices).
> 
> I knew what the fix should look like, and then quickly
> found a ready to commit solution in OpenBSD rev. 1.47.

Ahh, that is part of my CARP-patch IIRC (can't easily check
as I am at my university right now), will make sure later.

> When testing the attached patch, make sure you do *not*
> have a (host) route for the alias being added.

Thanks for the HEADSUP, I'll research in depth when I get
back home.

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