Re: bootp packets from Mars (255.255.255.255) (patch included)

Alexey Kuznetsov (kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru)
Wed, 4 Nov 1998 19:47:09 +0300 (MSK)


Hello!

> I need bootpd to reply to bootp packets that contain all-ones in the
> source address field. In 2.1.126, these packets are dropped as
> martians in net/ipv4/route.c.

Yes. They are martian.

> The following patch seems to solve the problem on my system. It just
> moves a few lines. That seems quite innocent to me, but I don't know...

In no curcumstances. Send this green humanoid to the place where
he(it??) arrived from 8)

RFC1122, page 30.

(c) { -1, -1}

Limited broadcast. It MUST NOT be used as a source
address.

Sorry.

Alexey

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