Re: notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:47:09 +0100 (BST)

> If the kernel knows about subnets, then an application should be
> able to find out about them. Whether or not you agree with the
> application's reasons does not matter.

There I agree - entirely. I'd also say that an application using legacy
4.3BSD API's ought to get correct answers for configurations which are
validly expressed in that specific worldview

Alan
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