[48468] in North American Network Operators' Group
net.inet.icmp.sourceforce (Re: Bogon list)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E.B. Dreger)
Wed Jun 5 11:29:22 2002
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:28:54 +0000 (GMT)
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20020605031458.B0475AC@proven.weird.com>
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GAW> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:14:58 -0400 (EDT)
GAW> From: Greg A. Woods
GAW> If a given router uses a single unique-to-itself canonical
GAW> globally routable source address for all ICMP error replies
GAW> it generates then the output of the likes of traceroute and
GAW> even ping will still be meaningful and useful. No important
GAW> information is lost, at least not from the point of view of
GAW> everyone _without_ a login on the router in question at
GAW> least (and if you can login to the router then I should hope
GAW> you can figure out what interface the undeliverable packets
GAW> are arriving on without any external help!).
Sounds good to me.
GAW> Isn't there even an IOS command to "make it so", or am I
GAW> dreaming visions of some as-yet unimplemented BSD-based
GAW> router feature again?
I don't know of any existing sysctl, but it should be trivial to
add "net.inet.icmp.sourceforce" or something like that.
--
Eddy
Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita
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