[128920] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Should routers send redirects by default?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Fri Aug 20 13:40:53 2010
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:40:46 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
In-Reply-To: <4C6EBA94.8040205@brightok.net>
Cc: Christopher Morrow <christopher.morrow@gmail.com>,
nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Jack Bates wrote:
> Why should the ietf dictate a default on this?
Because that's what the IETF does, sets a SHOULD on "best common
practice" after discussion in the community.
> Requiring implementation I could understand, but setting the default?
> Should the ietf also specify requirement of allowing configuration
> change of a default?
I'd say by definition it's meaningless of talking about a default that
can't be changed.
As I stated in the 6man discussion, I prefer routers to by default not
send redirects. We do that in our configuration template.
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
