Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: *** draft 4 - press release *** | Date | 20 Jan 1999 21:20:50 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.990120092713.4169B-100000@toaster.roan.co.uk> By author: Mike Jagdis <mike@roan.co.uk> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > Now, it is possible to have a powerful installation > > program that learns about the hardware that would install Linux > > with no human intervention at all. In fact, the default configuration > > could have one of those "harmless" never to be routed IP addresses and > > even a default machine name. > > There are no "harmless" IP addresses. Those that aren't routed > are often used on internal networks. If you default to one of > those you could still collide with a machine - possibly a critical > workgroup server :-). >
Actually, there are. The 192.0.2.0/24 network is reserved as an "experimental" network, and there is a class B network assigned for "link-local" networks: pick a random address, ARP for it, if noone replies, you can use that address.
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