Subject: Re: RFC: local address selection
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/12/2004 06:52:16
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On Nov 12, 2004, at 5:51 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:

> To first order, ignoring loopback addrs is sensible.   But it doesn't
> fit the pattern of configuring a secondary, or locally-hosted virtual
> address on lo0.  So perhaps a 'this is a real routeable addr' flag is
> in order.  Or, perhaps only the first loopback address should be
> ignored, but that feels kludgy and likely to lead to problems, since
> it makes unwarranted assumptions about which addresses are routable.

Maybe check to see if loopback addrs are 127.xx.xx.xx and only skip 
them if so?

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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