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Old 04-28-2005, 11:34 AM   #1
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which are these 0.0.0.0 source ip packets i received?


hello,
I added new packet type with ETH_P_NEW in linux kernel and write packet handler routine and then i check recevied IP packets source IP in new_rcv() and found most of them are 0.0.0.0 on Redhat 9.
can anybody help me why this packet handler function is getting those packets? Theres no tcpdump or ethereal i am running and also NIC is not in promisc mode.
 
Old 04-29-2005, 07:58 PM   #2
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most likely broadcasts to 255.255.255.255 from dhcp clients
 
  


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