Re: Question: Gateway address == 0

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andrey Savochkin wrote:
> >
> > Actually, it *IS* the Bible for these kinds of stuff, and the good
> > reasoning is interoperability.
> 
> :-)
> Have you ever tried to count how many times network communication standards
> are broken in Linux (or any other OS)?
> 
> Certainly, casual breaks are prohibited, and if we spot any we fix it as a
> bug.  However, well-considered breaks (including considering interoperability
> consequences) and, more important, fixes for RFC bugs have always been ok.
> 

Right, but this isn't one of them.  There are good reasons for this
restriction.

	-hpa