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Date:      Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Blaz Zupan <blaz@gold.amis.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IP redirects
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980626104453.25008b-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980625233307.317A-100000@gold.amis.net>

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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Blaz Zupan wrote:

> When we switch over to the backup link, the redirections start piling up
> on the FreeBSD box, because the default route points at the Cisco. 

Ah, ok, I see.

> 1. Run gated on the FreeBSD box (which I would rather not do)
> 2. Put the Cisco and the OR-HS into another subnet (which I don't like)
> 3. Inhibit IP redirects (which somebody suggested could be done with ipfw)
> 
> I think I'll pick number 3).

Okay, in that case you need to find what message type redirects are, then
block them from ipfw, specifying the ICMP message type to block.

This should be on the ipfw man page.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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