Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mcnc!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!G.BBN.COM!CLYNN From: CLYNN@G.BBN.COM.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: details on misbehaving IP implementations Message-ID: <[G.BBN.COM].5-Nov-87.09:58:35.CLYNN> Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 09:58:00 EST Article-I.D.: <[G.BBN.COM].5-Nov-87.09:58:35.CLYNN> Posted: Thu Nov 5 09:58:00 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 10-Nov-87 03:01:46 EST References: <1512@faline.bellcore.com> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 8 Phil, I think that 2 and 3 (returning port unreachable) are not bugs but are actually doing what the spec says they should. 4 (returning protocol unreachable in response to broadcasts) is probably not a good idea, but the specs were written before broadcast were widely used. Charlie