From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19]
Date: 6 Sep 2001 11:20:06 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9n8eom$qab$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010906193750.B22187@castle.nmd.msu.ru> <20010906155811.BC78DBC06C@spike.porcupine.org>
Followup to: <20010906155811.BC78DBC06C@spike.porcupine.org>
By author: wietse@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Andrey Savochkin:
> > Of course, SIOCGIFCONF isn't even close to provide the list of local
> > addresses.
> > Obvious example: it doesn't enlist all addresses 127.0.0.1, 127.0.0.2 etc.
> > on common systems. If you handle 127.0.0.2 as local, you apply side
>
> 127.0.0.2 is not local on any of my systems. The only exceptions
> are some Linux boxen that I did not ask to do so.
>
The RFCs declare that 127.0.0.0/8 is all local. If what you write is
true, all your systems are noncompliant.
-hpa
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2001-09-05 19:26 ` ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19 Andi Kleen
2001-09-06 13:11 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-06 13:35 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 14:04 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 14:21 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-06 15:37 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19] Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 15:58 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 16:39 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias Alan Cox
2001-09-06 16:45 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 16:44 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19] Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 16:47 ` Andi Kleen
2001-09-06 17:04 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 16:50 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 17:01 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias Alan Cox
2001-09-06 17:23 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 17:45 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-09-06 18:11 ` Steve VanDevender
2001-09-06 18:25 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 19:10 ` Steve VanDevender
2001-09-06 19:47 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-06 20:16 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 19:34 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-06 19:41 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 20:18 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-06 20:11 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-06 20:23 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-06 20:31 ` Andi Kleen
2001-09-06 20:52 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-07 9:06 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-09-07 8:52 ` Matthew Kirkwood
2001-09-08 16:31 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-13 14:35 ` Pavel Machek
2001-09-06 17:03 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19] Andi Kleen
2001-09-06 17:23 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 17:39 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 18:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-09-07 1:47 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-09-07 5:48 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip aliasbug " Ben Greear
2001-09-07 5:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-09-17 21:39 ` Ben Greear
2001-09-07 6:26 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-07 6:21 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-09-06 19:15 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug " dean gaudet
2001-09-06 19:33 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 20:51 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-09-07 7:29 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-07 7:35 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-08 13:16 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias Kai Henningsen
2001-09-07 10:30 ` notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19] Mike Jagdis
2001-09-07 11:04 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-07 15:34 ` Kurt Roeckx
2001-09-06 18:20 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-09-06 16:01 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-06 16:38 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 16:43 ` Wietse Venema
2001-09-06 17:03 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-09-06 17:05 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
2001-09-06 17:37 ` Andrey Savochkin
2001-09-06 17:55 ` kuznet
2001-09-06 14:51 ` ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19 Alan Cox
2001-09-06 14:17 ` Matthias Andree
2001-09-08 12:42 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-09-09 0:37 ` Matthias Andree
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