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Re: Should routers send redirects by default?
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:12:57 +0200 (CEST)
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Stephen Stuart wrote:
Once upon a time
I think the question is what sensible defaults should be. In my environment we turn off proxy-arp and redirects, and it is my firm belief that this is actually what should be the default.
In my opinion:A host SHOULD support listening to redirects and MUST have a knob to turn off this listening if implemented. A router MUST have redirects off as default but MUST support a knob turning them on and when sending a redirect it MUST forward the packet that generated the redirect.
I know most of the above is completely against current standards, but for me these are more in tune with todays reality in networking as I see them.
-- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike () swm pp se
Current thread:
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default?, (continued)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Ricky Beam (Aug 20)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Mark Smith (Aug 20)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Eric J. Katanich (Aug 20)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Eric J. Katanich (Aug 20)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? David W. Hankins (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? David W. Hankins (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Eric J. Katanich (Aug 20)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? William Herrin (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Christopher Morrow (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Stephen Stuart (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Randy Bush (Aug 25)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Christopher Morrow (Aug 24)
- Re: Should routers send redirects by default? Mark Smith (Aug 25)