Re: ifconfig network resolution
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On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
> Which is confusing to my middle-aged brain. So I could suggest editing
> the man page, something along the lines of the following
>
> ---------------------------------
> [...]
>
{add}
> NOTES
> The parameters and options are processed in the order given, thus
> if the address appears after the netmask and broadcast address,
> the netmask and broadcast address may be re-interpreted and applied
> to an existing address, or to the state of having no address
> assigned, with unintended results which affect the security state
> of the host.
{end add}
> {...}
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>
> --
> Joel Rees
>
> randomly ranting:
> http://reiisi.blogspot.com
--
Joel Rees
One of these days I'll get someone to pay me
to design a language that combines the best of Forth and C.
Then I'll be able to leap wide instruction sets with a single #ifdef,
run faster than a speeding infinite loop with a #define,
and stop all integer size bugs with a bare cast.
More of my delusions:
http://reiisi.blogspot.com/2017/05/do-not-pay-modern-danegeld-ransomware.html
http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/p/novels-i-am-writing.html
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