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* Re: patch for null-interface?
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@ 2002-12-29 18:47 ` Andi Kleen
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2002-12-29 18:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sebastian Abt; +Cc: linux-kernel

Sebastian Abt <sebastian@sabt.net> writes:

> Is there any patch for null-interfaces like they exist in Cisco IOS
> available? I'm searching for sth like that to do null-routing, but
> google didn't find anything :/

I guess you mean an interface without an own IP address?  Just give it the 
IP address of some other interface, with a full (/32) netmask.
The kernel needs at least one IP address per router/host to start
local connections and give ICMP errors an source.

-Andi

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