On Mon, 2017-07-17 at 11:28 -0700, Rao Shoaib wrote: > I am looking at a system which is configured for IPv6 only but sits in a > network that serves both IPv4 and IPv6. When an IPv4 packet with a > destination broadcast address is sent out (in this case DHCP) the > system accepts it and since it does not have any route to the sender it > prints the Martian message.
Which message exactly is printed ? > > Sure, we can turn off the Martian message and maybe the system should be > in an IPv6 only network. > > The question that is being asked is that why is the system accepting an > IPv4 broadcast packet in the first place ? Is this behavior incorrect > and should I submit a patch ? > > Thanks, > > Shoaib >
