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Clarify net.inet.ip.allow_net240 and allow_net0
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Authored by emaste on Dec 30 2024, 9:47 PM.
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Summary
The stack has never limited use of addresses in these ranges as an
endpoint.  The relatively recent sysctls control only forwarding of,
and ICMP response to, these addresses.

Fixes: efe58855f3ea ("IPv4: experimental changes to allow net 0/8, 240/4, part of 127/8")

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