[129065] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Should routers send redirects by default?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Tue Aug 24 16:32:45 2010
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:32:17 -0400
To: Christopher Morrow <christopher.morrow@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Christopher Morrow
<christopher.morrow@gmail.com> wrote:
> Polling a little bit here, there's an active discussion going on
> 6man@ietf about whether or not v6 routers should:
> =A0o be required to implement ip redirect functions (icmpv6 redirect)
> =A0o be sending these by default
Hi Chris,
If you don't mind, I'd like to ask a similar question whose answers
might be instructive for the question you asked:
Forgetting all of the theoretical constructs for a moment, has anyone
here personally encountered an operational scenario in which ICMP
redirects solved a problem for you that you would otherwise have found
difficult or intransigent? Without naming names, would you describe
the scenario's details, explain the problem that would have existed
absent redirects and explain how redirects solved it for you?
Thanks,
Bill Herrin
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