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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: shemminger@vyatta.com
Cc: joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: sysctl to block responding on down interface
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:58:16 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100630.135816.106800276.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100630135535.0e3a5ea1@nehalam>

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:55:35 -0700

>> The fact that the syctl knob, when enabled, can't even function properly
>> in this "multiple interfaces with same address" case is another reason I
>> have decided to not apply this.
> 
> We already have sysctl knobs that exist to work around broken printer TCP,
> middleboxes and other broken stacks; my opinion this is just another one
> of those types of workarounds.

But that sysctl knob for the printer workaround doesn't break legitimate
configurations like this one does.

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-30 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-11 12:24 Weak host model vs .interface down Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 15:48 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: sysctl to block responding on down interface Stephen Hemminger
2010-06-22 17:15   ` David Miller
2010-06-30 20:55     ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-06-30 20:58       ` David Miller [this message]
2010-06-28 19:03   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-28 19:42     ` Eric Dumazet
2010-06-28 21:09       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-28 21:28         ` Mitchell Erblich
2010-06-28 21:58           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-28 21:57         ` David Miller
2010-06-28 23:30           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-29  3:01             ` David Miller
2010-07-01 11:23     ` Andi Kleen
2010-07-01 11:48       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 16:32 ` Weak host model vs .interface down Rick Jones
2010-06-11 17:06   ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 17:13     ` Rick Jones
2010-06-11 19:41       ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 23:57         ` Mark Smith
2010-06-12  9:34           ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 19:50     ` Mitchell Erblich
2010-06-11 20:46       ` Joakim Tjernlund

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