Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid address range

2019-07-13 Thread Paul Marks
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 1:20 PM David Miller wrote: > > From: Dave Taht > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:07:34 -0700 > > > The longstanding prohibition against using 0.0.0.0/8 dates back > > to two issues with the early internet. > > > > There was an interoperability problem with BSD 4.2 in 1984, fixe

Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] Allow 0.0.0.0/8 as a valid address range

2019-06-26 Thread David Miller
From: Dave Taht Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 10:07:34 -0700 > The longstanding prohibition against using 0.0.0.0/8 dates back > to two issues with the early internet. > > There was an interoperability problem with BSD 4.2 in 1984, fixed in > BSD 4.3 in 1986. BSD 4.2 has long since been retired. > >