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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: forwarding of ipv4 link local addresses
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:35:31 -0500 (EST)
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From: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:35:58 -0800

> RFC 3927 states that packets from/to IPv4 link-local addresses
> (169.254/16) should not be forwarded, yet the Linux networking stack
> happily forwards them. Before sending in a patch I wanted to inquire
> if this behavior is intentional.

It probably won't break anything if we prohibit this, so sure send
a patch.