> The Requirements for Internet Hosts RFC dictates
> that such an inbound datagram must be silently discarded anyway.
> (You are not allowed to use a zero as the host source address,
> except in the specific case of 0.0.0.0, and then only during
> bootup from the network). -RFC 1122
>
> So,it would appear Linux is only doing what is required of it here.
> (Must silently discard such an inbound packet).
OK, I understand now that these datagrams are not standard. Unfortunately
I do have to cope with an existing device where it is rather difficult
to change the firmware, so I would probably need to patch the kernel
locally to allow for this standards violation. Does anybody have an idea
where in the kernel source I could find this check?
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