On Sun, Mar 06, 2005 at 09:45:16PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote: > * Andi Kleen <m1y8d0mss2.fsf@xxxxxx> 2005-03-06 21:19 > > Zdenek Radouch <zdenek@xxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > There is no doubt that the 127.x net is treated in a special > > > way. If I have to believe what I just learned, then the 127 > > > > It is. 127.* is hardcoded in the routing engine and e.g. > > it won't accept outside packets with a loopback address. > > > > Most likely it's enough to change the "LOOPBACK" macro to allow > > parts of the Class A to be used for other purposes. > > Yes, it will work around the martian route and arp checks but > will probably break quite a few usersapce applications. Unlikely. glibc has an own LOOPBACK() and all modern distributions use separate kernel/user headers anyways. -Andi - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
