[Bug 235927] FreeBSD does not reply to ICMP requests when assigned a 240.0.0.0/8

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235927

Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes at FreeBSD.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|FreeBSD does not reply to   |FreeBSD does not reply to
                   |ICMP requests when assigned |ICMP requests when assigned
                   |a Class-E address           |a 240.0.0.0/8

--- Comment #4 from Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes at FreeBSD.org> ---
The name class E was abolished in 2002 when RFC3330 designated 240/4 as
reserved and referenced rfc1700, which is STD 2, that reference appears to be
for the 255.255.255.255 limited broadcast address.

I have removed the obsolete name "class E" from the title of this bug and used
the current "240/4" designtation.

(In reply to Conrad Meyer from comment #2)
I do not have a serious problem with this patch, but would like to know we are
not just doing this at someones request without further reasons than "someone
is playing with it."

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