Re: git: 9e469437993b - main - inet.4: drop "experimetal use" from net0 and net240 descriptions

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, Ed Maste wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by emaste:
>
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9e469437993bd17290d145fa7a615a68b2257875
>
> commit 9e469437993bd17290d145fa7a615a68b2257875
> Author:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2024-11-10 15:41:02 +0000
> Commit:     Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2024-11-11 12:46:58 +0000
>
>    inet.4: drop "experimetal use" from net0 and net240 descriptions
>
>    The sysctls enable any use of 0/8 and 240/4, not only experimental use.
>
>    Reviewed by:    zlei
>    Sponsored by:   The FreeBSD Foundation
>    Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47506


They are labeled "experimental" because they are in no way official standard
or their use being endorsed by any accepted Internet Standards Body,

Officially vendors at this point are not supposed to support it.
The fact that most of them have a "simple switch" to turn it on but off
by default as otherwise they would violate an RFC.

I would really prefer this to be backed out until an RFC is published or
IANA decided to re-assign the (use of the) netblock for any
official/private use.


I was fine with the original implementation if the default didn't change
the status quo given it's experimental nature.

I'll follow-up on that in the other review.

> ---
> share/man/man4/inet.4 | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet.4 b/share/man/man4/inet.4
> index a12dec49caea..c9267558d6f3 100644
> --- a/share/man/man4/inet.4
> +++ b/share/man/man4/inet.4
> @@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ The following general variables are defined:
> .It Va accept_sourceroute
> Boolean: enable/disable accepting of source-routed IP packets (default false).
> .It Va allow_net0
> -Boolean: allow experimental use of addresses in 0.0.0.0/8 as endpoints,
> +Boolean: allow use of addresses in 0.0.0.0/8 as endpoints,
> and allow forwarding of packets with these addresses.
> .It Va allow_net240
> -Boolean: allow experimental use of addresses in 240.0.0.0/4 as endpoints,
> +Boolean: allow use of addresses in 240.0.0.0/4 as endpoints,
> and allow forwarding of packets with these addresses.
> .It Va curfrags
> Integer: Current number of IPv4 fragments across all reassembly queues
>

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7