Bug#3143: sysvinit init.d/network script buglet
Hm. This sounds like a good way to start a packet storm on some system.
We should probably deal with it, as I don't see that repairing the problem
would hurt anything else.
Bruce
> What happens if those systems, say, ping 127.0.0.2? Which system
> answers? I'm pretty sure that nothing in 127.x.y.z is supposed to
> leave your system. I remember follwing a discussion somewhere about
> that issue. The problem with packets in 127.x.y.z is the following:
>
> A system with IP forwarding on the net might see the packets and
> redirect them to its loopback device. You can't control which system
> you connect to and you might inconvenience others.
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