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From: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Subject: forwarding of ipv4 link local addresses
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:35:58 -0800
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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.

Thanks,
David