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Re: Do you know the TCP stack? (127.x.x.x routing)

To: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Do you know the TCP stack? (127.x.x.x routing)
From: Martin Mares <mj@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:51:34 +0100
Cc: Zdenek Radouch <zdenek@xxxxxxx>, Steve Iribarne <steve.iribarne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eran Mann <emann@xxxxxxx>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Hello!

> Seems to me you are relying on obscurity of 127.x to achieve goals which
> you could achieve just as easily with a 10.x address or even a public
> address.

Using the same public block in all devices looks like the best solution.

                                Have a nice fortnight
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Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@xxxxxx>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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