Vax 4.2 UDP Bradcast woes followup..

jbn at wdl1.UUCP jbn at wdl1.UUCP
Tue Aug 6 03:53:02 AEST 1985


      Sites with nontrivial networks should be very careful with broadcast
IP packets.  We have problems with some Masscomp systems that want to broadcast
to every host on our class B network, asking for all of [128.5.xxx.xxx].
This sends to our sites in Michigan, California, Colorado, and Texas, clogging
the long-haul lines with ``rwho'' packets.  
      4.xBSD needs to know about subnets.  More on this later.

						J. Nagle



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