<<On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 12:51:34 -0500 (EST), "David A. Panariti" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> Unfortunately, all I have is a binary for the app, so I can't figure
> out what they are doing.  I don't even know if making a TCP connection
> to 255.255.255.255 is legal.

It is utterly, 100% bogus.

> Does anyone know where this explicit broadcast route is being added,
> and why? Is there a knob to turn it off?

The route is created automatically in order to speed up recognition of
broadcast addresses on machines with many interfaces.

-GAWollman


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