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From: jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James B. Van Bokkelen)
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Subject: Re: Why does a wrong broadcast address cause arp-havoc?
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Date: 18 Jul 90 14:17:38 GMT
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RFC 1122 says that 1) machines with only one IP address shall not
act as routers by default, 2) nobody shall forward or issue ICMP
error messages in response to packets that arrive via an IP or MAC
level broadcast, and 3) that everyone must be cognizant of the old
4bsd IP broadcast address as well as the correct (RFC 950) one.

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