as far as my networking knowledge goes..... 0.0.0.0/0 is the same 0/0 is the same as "all" or "any" in firewall rules...
broadcast address is normally a.b.c.255 (which is why u cant have a node with that IP) On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Fernando Gont wrote: > At 15:42 24/07/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >In linux machines when you try to connect to 0.0.0.0 it goes to > >localhost ... > > A bug, perhaps? > > > >And in my last email i said that its a broadcast because > >it is going to "all" ips in this "broadcast domain*"... > > The 0.0.0.0 is *not* the broadcast address. > > I think this could only be possible on old BSD systems, that used zero's > instead of one's for broadcast addresses. > > > -- > Fernando Gont > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
