On the other hand, being able to configure a small MSL for the loopback device is perfectly safe. Being able to configure a small MSL for other interfaces may be safe, depending on the rest of the network layout.
A peanut gallery question - I seem to recall prior discussions about how one cannot assume that a packet destined for a given IP address will remain detined for that given IP address as it could go through a module that will rewrite headers etc.
Is traffic destined for 127.0.0.1 immune from that? rick jones - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
