Re: hidden interface (ARP) 2.4.20

Phil Oester
2002-12-05T21:56:18Z

So we should enable netfilter for all x-hundred webservers we have? Or play games with routing tables?

Why was something which:

a) works
b) was present in 2.2.xx kernels
c) is trivial to include and doesn't seem to 'hurt' anything

ripped from 2.4 kernels?

What some people fail to grasp is that _many_ people in the real world are using the hidden flag in load balancing scenarios for its simplicity. Removing it (without any particularly valid reason that anyone is aware of) doesn't make much sense.

-Phil

p.s. flame away, Dave

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 01:42:10PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 12:53, Bingner Sam J Contractor PACAF CSS/SCHE
> wrote:
> > Attached is a patch that seems to work for the hidden flag in 2.4.20... for
> > anybody else who needs this functionality
>
> Use the ARP filter netfilter module or the routing based solutions
> instead, please.