Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ICMP REDIRECTs | Date | Wed, 17 Apr 1996 11:22:56 +0200 (MET DST) |
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Hello, world!
> In the file net/ipv4/ip_forward.c, it says that you do not have to forward > a frame on the interface that it arrived upon. Is it okay if someone > wants to forward a frame on the same interface and disable the ICMP > REDIRECTs ?
Wouldn't it be better to define a minimal time between two redirects sent to the same machine? If we don't it, we can simply wast a substantial part of network bandwidth by sending redirects for an each packet received from a misconfigured host. What do you think of it?
Martin
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