Re: 0.0.0.0 Probes

[Miles Stevenson <miles () mstevenson org>]

David,

<snip>
>   These packets are not *to* 0.0.0.0; they just claim to be
> *from* there.  Unless a router is specifically configured to
> check the source address for validity, it won't care.  (The
> RFC passage you quote prevents attempts to *reply* to such
> packets from saturating the whole Internet.)
</snip>

Agreed. Thank you for the correction. 

> "..SHOULD NOT originate datagrams addressed to 0.0.0.0".

Use of the words "originate" and "to" in the same phrase to represent traffic 
flow seems, at first glance, to be in conflict with each other, and is likely 
the source of my misinterpretation.

Another example of the importance of semantics when then intention is to 
communicate accurately. 

-- 
Miles Stevenson
miles () mstevenson org
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