When I tried to 'nmap 0.0.0.0' on my RedHat 9.0 machine, it essentially nmap'd itself.
So, I guess a valid "situation" would be "On a RedHat 9.0". I've not bothered checking anything else. -Dave -----Original Message----- From: Fernando Gont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 11:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Daniel B. Cid" Subject: RE: what's the meaning of the 0.0.0.0? At 13:26 22/07/2003 -0400, "Daniel B. Cid" wrote: >In this case the 0.0.0.0 means a broadcast (DHCP or bootp). BOOTP broadcasts are sent to the limited broadcast address (255.255.255.255), and *not* to 0.0.0.0. (The 0.0.0.0 address is used as the *source* address, not the destination) >But in other situations the 0.0.0.0 can be localhost or the >default gateway(cisco). What "situations" do you mean? loacalhost is 127..x.x.x . --- Fernando Gont e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----
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