From: Jon DeVree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:48:18 -0400
> I've noticed in the past that the address owned by an interface is > still pingable after that interface is brought down. People bring this up all the time and this behavior is intentional. Linux uses a "host based" addressing model, IP addresses are owned by the host, not individual interfaces. So as long as the IP address is configured to some interface, we will accept packets destinated to that IP address as our's. This is becoming a serious FAQ and very tiresome to explain over and over again. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
