Re: [2.4 PATCH] bugfix: ARP respond on all devices

[David S. Miller]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:53:29 -0400 (EDT)
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> I wonder if a change to add a flag preventing *any* packet from being sent
> on a NIC which doesn't have the proper source address would be politically
> acceptable.

This would disable things like MSG_DONTROUTE and many valid
uses of RAW sockets.
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