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This begs the question of why the kernel doesn't allocate an alias for backwards compatibility when adding IP adresses through the netlink API.
by poizan42 8y ago
This begs the question of why the kernel doesn't allocate an alias for backwards compatibility when adding IP adresses through the netlink API.
- brazzledazzle 8y agoI think they are fundamentally different things. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think a netlink alias is just an additional address and an old-school alias is more like a virtual interface.