At 09:43 PM 12/11/1998 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>To Whom,
>
>Does Red Hat 4.2 Linux come as a standalone: not allowing ip_forwarding,
>masquerading, firewalling, or any of the other typical server functions
>for local hosts... except Samba and HTTP (although, still no
>ip_forwarding)? If so, then I know that the kernel will need to be
>recompiled.
>
>If not, the reason for my question pertains to a problem produced by my
>ppp0 connection. I created the address for the ppp0 device, but route -n
>shows in the column to the left of the gateway IP on the same row
>address 0.0.0.0 instead of default. Is 0.0.0.0 and default one in the
>same? If I've missed something... what is it?
>
Yes, address 0.0.0.0 has a special meaning - it stands for the default
route. (IE it matches the address when all other routes do not.)
Mikkel
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