Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out

Van: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Datum: woensdag, 12 juni 2024 12:39
Aan: Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
CC: current@freebsd.org
Onderwerp: Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out
> 
> Ronald Klop writes:
> 
> > What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask?
> > An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network. All traffic can go to the gateway.
> 
> I dont think that will work ?
> 
> The gateway will not be inside any of the attached networks, so you have no route to it ?
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
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> 
> 

Ai. Of course. Typed quicker than I was thinking. :-)

Well. Then it is maybe best to just error out on boot with a misconfigured network. Or revert back to the pre-14.1 behavior because of POLA.
I'll leave it up to you and will make sure I configure my interfaces with a netmask.

Regards,
Ronald.