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Re: ICMP Redirect on Resolvers


From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 20:43:34 -0500

On 4/6/13, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:38:06 -0400, shawn wilson said:

 case, you shouldn't see any valid ICMP redirects.  They're there mostly so
things kind-of-sort-of work even if you botch it (so for instance, even if
you whiff your default route accidentally, you can still ssh in from Tokyo and
fix  > it).

For ICMP redirects to do anything useful,  a valid route has to
actually be there already, on the default gateway....

Perhaps you are thinking of proxy arp? :)


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-JH


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