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... A system MUST NOT send an Address Mask Reply unless it is an
authoritative agent for address masks. An authoritative
agent ...
... agent for address masks. An authoritative
agent may be a host or a gateway, but it MUST be explicitly
...
... an additional configuration flag that determines whether the
host is to act as an authoritative agent for this mask,
i.e., whether it will answer Address Mask Request messages ...
... nuisance. To prevent this, Address Mask Replies ought
to be sent only by authoritative agents that have been
selected by explicit administrative action.
...
... Request messages,
a host will assume there is no agent and use an
unsubnetted mask, but the agent may be only temporarily
...
... host will assume there is no agent and use an
unsubnetted mask, but the agent may be only temporarily
unreachable. An agent will broadcast ...
... unsubnetted mask, but the agent may be only temporarily
unreachable. An agent will broadcast an unsolicited
Address ...
... Reasonableness check on Addr Mask |3.2.2.9 | |x| | | |
Send unauthorized Addr Mask Reply msgs |3.2.2.9 | | | | |x|
Explicitly configured to be agent |3.2.2.9 |x| | | | |
Static config=> Addr-Mask-Authoritative flag |3.2.2.9 | |x| | | |
Broadcast ...