Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 13:29:48 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 4.5R and explicit broadcast routes Message-ID: <200202011829.g11ITmq86936@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020201.125134.730570091.panariti@mediaone.net> References: <20020201.125134.730570091.panariti@mediaone.net>
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<<On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:51:34 -0500 (EST), "David A. Panariti" <panariti@mediaone.net> said: > Unfortunately, all I have is a binary for the app, so I can't figure > out what they are doing. I don't even know if making a TCP connection > to 255.255.255.255 is legal. It is utterly, 100% bogus. > Does anyone know where this explicit broadcast route is being added, > and why? Is there a knob to turn it off? The route is created automatically in order to speed up recognition of broadcast addresses on machines with many interfaces. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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