netdev - Re: forwarding of ipv4 link local addresses

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:35:31 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: forwarding of ipv4 link local addresses

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:35:58 -0800

> RFC 3927 states that packets from/to IPv4 link-local addresses
> (169.254/16) should not be forwarded, yet the Linux networking stack
> happily forwards them. Before sending in a patch I wanted to inquire
> if this behavior is intentional.

It probably won't break anything if we prohibit this, so sure send
a patch.
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