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From: dcrocker@AHWAHNEE.STANFORD.EDU (Dave Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re:  Using the 4.2 broadcast addr with 4.3 systems
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Date: 28 Aug 89 14:17:48 GMT
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Tim,

Let me try out a potential Universal Truth, and see if anyone objects:

If you have 4.2-based TCP implementations, then you MUST use
zero-based IP broadcasting, with zeroes in the host portion of the
IP address.

Dave