Re: Resolved: locking oneself out, unroutable addresses

[gcrimp@vcn.bc.ca]

On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 01:16:17PM +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Daniel Pittman a écrit :
> > gcrimpOvcn.bc.ca writes:
> >> 
> >>So, can anyone suggest what I should do with packets that have a
> >>source address of 0.0.0.0?
> > 
> > Junk them -- they have no real business on your network, as 0.0.0.0
> > isn't a valid assigned address on the live Internet.
> 
> Except at least when you use DHCP on your network. DHCP clients use 
> 0.0.0.0 as a source address when issuing DHCP requests until they get a 
> regular address from the server.

Ah! Thanks.

gc