I tried 172.16.0.0/16 and I was able to ping and rlogin to the local machines on the same subnet. This address does not appear to be routable which is good. Unfortunately, Linux will still accept packets to itself with the 172.16.0.x as destination if the packet came from a different interface than what was configured. Thanks, Sherwin --- Graham Hemmings <rhlists@the-e-den.org> wrote: > > Actually, that's 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 > (172.16.0.0/12), 172.32.0.0 is > not included. > > regards, > > Graham. > > At 08:55 30/10/2002, you wrote: > > >The 127.x.x.x is reserved for loopback I think they > might have meant > >using the 172.16-172.32 subnets as they are > reserved for local use > >Linux will support this without a problem > > > >On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 17:39, BUNTER MATTHEW wrote: > > > > > > --- Re=E7u de VITEUR.BUNTERMA 04 72 96 57 > 77 30/10/02 09.= > > > 39 > > > > > > I thought that the whole 127 class A was > reserved for the loopback and > > > couldn't be used - IIRC. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe email > security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the > message. > ===== Best Regards, Sherwin Lu __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.
