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   Message 14,095 of 14,669   
   Rick Jones to Dick Wesseling   
   Re: Old style network broadcast address   
   03 Dec 13 17:16:04   
   
   From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   Dick Wesseling  wrote:   
   > Old BSD as in 8.something still treats all zeroes as broadcast, I   
   > haven't tried FreeBSD 9 yet. Linux also treats all zeroes as   
   > broadcast.   
      
   Those are all in the receive case yes? Do any of them still allow   
   sending to all zeros as a broadcast?   
      
   rick jones   
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