It's a Windows IP block called APIPA. It's not a bug and I'm sure it's harmless. Linux is devicing a way to talk to another IP client that failed getting a dynamic IP from a DHCP server.
----- Original Message ----- From: "manny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 2:05 PM Subject: [plug] strange route > Hi all! > > I've noticed something on all of my Red Hat 9.0 installations. Whenever I > use the route command to display my kernel routing tables I find a route > to the 169.254.0.0 network. I can remove it without any problems though > (except in one case where I kept getting a kernel error; I fixed it by > reinstalling the nfs-tools package). > > I've done a dig on the IP and got nothing. A whois, however, gets this: > > # whois 169.254.0.0 > [Querying whois.arin.net] > [whois.arin.net] > > OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority > OrgID: IANA > Address: 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 > City: Marina del Rey > StateProv: CA > PostalCode: 90292-6695 > Country: US > > NetRange: 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255 > CIDR: 169.254.0.0/16 > NetName: LINKLOCAL > NetHandle: NET-169-254-0-0-1 > Parent: NET-169-0-0-0-0 > NetType: IANA Special Use > NameServer: BLACKHOLE-1.IANA.ORG > NameServer: BLACKHOLE-2.IANA.ORG > Comment: Please see RFC 3330 for additional information. > RegDate: 1998-01-27 > Updated: 2002-10-14 > > OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN > OrgAbuseName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number > OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820 > OrgAbuseEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN > OrgTechName: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number > OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820 > OrgTechEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-08-29 19:15 > # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. > > Anyone know exactly what this means? Is this a hack attempt? Or is it > harmless? Maybe a bug? > > God bless! > > --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member: Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications > "Affordable Access for All" > --[Open Minds Philippines]--------------------[openminds.linux.org.ph]-- > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
