Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: notion of a local address [was: Re: ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias | Date | Thu, 6 Sep 2001 20:47:09 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> If the kernel knows about subnets, then an application should be > able to find out about them. Whether or not you agree with the > application's reasons does not matter.
There I agree - entirely. I'd also say that an application using legacy 4.3BSD API's ought to get correct answers for configurations which are validly expressed in that specific worldview
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