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From: Stanley Lieber <sl@stanleylieber.com>
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Subject: Re: [9front] how to create a blackhole/null route
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On July 27, 2024 10:19:18 PM EDT, Romano <me+unobe@fallglow=2Ecom> wrote:
>On Sat Jul 27 18:23:42 -0700 2024, sl@stanleylieber=2Ecom wrote:
>> today's commits fixed multiple kernel bugs and resolved this issue
>> for me=2E here's how to setup a successful blackhole route:
>>=20
>> 	# create a null device with junk ip address
>> 	; ip/ipconfig null /dev/mordor 192=2E69=2E69=2E69 255=2E255=2E255=2E0
>
>Is there a reason why /dev/mordor and not /dev/null? Is that needed
>to actually return some junk to splooge over the requester?
>

the example in ipconfig(8) uses /dev/mordor, but i don't think there is an=
y functional difference for this application=2E

corrections welcome=2E

sl