How can the system be enabled to accept packets with local source addresses?

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Issue

How can the system be enabled to accept packets with a local source address, which is otherwise interpreted as a 'martian source', and dropped by the kernel?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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