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Date:      Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:19:22 +0000
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar>
Cc:        FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: IPv6 Redirects & local destinations
Message-ID:  <F8470CE2-D5E7-46D6-AF0F-1A85AC1DB21D@lists.zabbadoz.net>
In-Reply-To: <4E9FAFCD.3080908@gont.com.ar>
References:  <4E9FAFCD.3080908@gont.com.ar>

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On 20. Oct 2011, at 05:21 , Fernando Gont wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> While doing some testing, it seems that FreeBSD ignores ICMPv6 Redirects
> when both the Redirect Destination and the Redirect Target are the same
> (i.e., the destination is supposed to be on-link).
> 
> OTOH, Redirects are processed as expected when the Redirect Target is
> different from the Redirect Destination.

What does it log if you turn on the following sysctl
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_debug=1
and reproduce?

> 
> Should I report this as a bug, or is this (non-rfc-compliant) behavior
> intentional? (If so, what's the rationale?)

It's kern/152791, isn't it?

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