dlls/ws2_32: Note and patch about strange UDP packets

[Jesse Allen]

On 11/20/06, Florian Echtler <echtler at in.tum.de> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> we are using a customized tracking software. This is a windows software,
> but we decided some time ago that it would be more flexible to be able
> to use it under Linux, too, so I gave it a try with Wine.
>
> As this software communicates with customized (expensive) cameras via
> UDP, I noted a strange bug in the Wine debug channel "winsock": the
> software was sending UDP packets to IP _254_.255.255.255 (note the first
> octet). After some experimentation, I noticed that while Windows just
> sends this as a broadcast packet, Linux rejects this address, because
> the corresponding RFC states that the network 240.0.0.0/4 is reserved
> and should not be used.
>
> I therefore build a small patch which checks for these strange adresses
> and replaces them by broadcast adresses. This enabled our software to
> work. However, the question now is whether it makes sense to include
> this patch into Wine? On the one hand, it increases the similarity
> between Wine's behaviour and Windows's, OTOH it decreases Wine's RFC
> compliance..
>
> Comments? Please CC me as I have not subscribed to the list.
>
> Thanks, Yours, Florian
>
>


You can use a iptables rule to do the same thing. Right?

Jesse