| To: | Wietse Venema <wietse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19 |
| From: | Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:02:41 +0300 |
| Cc: | linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20010910135230.EA1BFBC06C@spike.porcupine.org>; from wietse@porcupine.org on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 09:52:30AM -0400 |
| References: | <20010910145325.X26627@khan.acc.umu.se> <20010910135230.EA1BFBC06C@spike.porcupine.org> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 09:52:30AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > Other vendors with SIOCGIFNETMASK in 10-year old releases: DEC, HP, IBM. ... > The poster was referring to systems that he has personal experience > with. Not everyone is a dinosaur like I am. Just in between us MTA writing dinosaurs, could you care to explain why Postfix needs to know the netmask associated with each IP address ? Knowledge about IP addresses I do - sort of - understand, but why netmask ? > Wietse /Matti Aarnio |
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