Strange ip address

[Mike Klinke]

On Sunday 09 May 2004 07:20, Scot L. Harris wrote:
 
>
> I had thought that the zero configuration functions only set an IP
> address if the interface did not have one already assigned.  Why
> keep a route for something the system should never use once it is
> configured for the network?

That seems to be the practice in the Windows world and I must admit 
that the RH implementation seems odd to me too in this respect.

>
> Do they discuss the potential security implications in the RFCs?  I
> guess I need to go read them to find out.

I've not seen any discussions of this but it is my own practice to 
disable this "feature" whenever I install RH Linux.

Regards,  Mike Klinke