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Date:      Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:54:09 +0300
From:      Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To:        James <james@towardex.com>
Cc:        James <haesu@towardex.com>
Subject:   Re: IPFW2 versrcreach update
Message-ID:  <40FEADC1.8070400@he.iki.fi>
In-Reply-To: <20040721114455.GA47249@scylla.towardex.com>
References:  <20040720021237.GA74977@scylla.towardex.com> <40FCD21B.40CB83ED@freebsd.org> <20040721020418.GA53214@scylla.towardex.com> <40FE4367.AA7B0A7F@freebsd.org> <20040721114455.GA47249@scylla.towardex.com>

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James wrote:

>
>uRPF should not emit an ICMP when it drops a -reject route. Even with 
>ip unreachables, Cisco won't emit ICMP when uRPF is killing a packet. The source
>that triggered uRPF drop condition cannot be trusted as it may have spoofed the
>packet.
>
>  
>
Where would the ICMP go anyway because you either donīt have a route to 
where you would point the packet to or the route points to null.

Pete




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