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Date:      Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:09:40 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru>
To:        Julien Lesaint <julien+fbnet@titoon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ttl-exceeded sourced by arrival interface ?
Message-ID:  <20050118150905.A9145@mp2.macomnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050116014706.GD28728@titoon.net>
References:  <20050116014706.GD28728@titoon.net>

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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, 02:47+0100, Julien Lesaint wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This is a followup to the original post from James Jun, on Dec, 2003.
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-net/2003-December/002114.html
>
> Quick reminder: in the case the route to the packet's source is not the
> interface this packet arrived on, do we have a way to source ICMP errors
> (ttl-exceeded) with the original interface's IP address ?
>
> Currently the box is sending ttl-exceeded with the IP address of the
> interface the route to the sender is pointing at. No need to explain why
> such a feature would be useful -  primarily for traceroute comprehension
> & routing troubleshooting, rather than for some cosmetic purposes.

Does net.inet.icmp.reply_src sysctl help?

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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