Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 19:01:17 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: andrewb@mpa.oz.au, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gateway problems Message-ID: <19971007190117.27808@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19971007094857.OF42563@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 09:48:57AM %2B0200 References: <9710071712.aa08740@melsvr.mpa.oz.au> <19971007094857.OF42563@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 09:48:57AM +0200, J Wunsch wrote: > (Moved to -questions) (moved this part back to -hackers :-) > As andrewb@mpa.oz.au wrote: > >> I also am using routed, although Im not sure of the difference b/w >> that and gated, and when either should be used. > > Rule #1: If you don't know what they are for, you don't need them. > I've always suggested that it were a better default to shut them off, > so only people who know what they are for enable them. I've been put > down on this, alas. I agree entirely (see, Jörg, I don't always disagree with you :-) Why do we have this enabled as default? 95% of FreeBSD users (including, I suspect, a large number on -hackers) neither need nor understand routing protocols. Since they frequently try to add static routes, the results can be confusing, to put it mildly. Greg
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