From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 14:20:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 14:20:10 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:27154 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Sep 2001 14:19:55 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" 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 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <9n8eom$qab$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20010906193750.B22187@castle.nmd.msu.ru> <20010906155811.BC78DBC06C@spike.porcupine.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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 -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt