On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 09:09:52AM -0700, Jon wrote: > In fact, I'm pretty sure that > the host NIC doesn't technically need an IP at all, but I had to give it > one in order to bring it up.
An invalid address will suffice. If you use one of the guaranteed martians (like 0.0.0.0) then the kernel should never use it for anything (barring bugs). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
