On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:07:51 +0200 Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com> wrote: > Hm, what rule is broken by the remote host, then? It means that systems (like Linux) that make IP addresses owned by the host instead of specific interfaces cannot correctly interoperate with such remote systems. It is also the case that a host cannot possibly be aware of all subnets present on a given LAN, therefore is should be liberal in it's replies to ARP requests. Finally, it violates the most basic rule of IP networking: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send" -Jon Postel In general, when a host posses the information necessary to allow other hosts to communicate, it should provide that information whenever possible. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
