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Date:      Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:23:15 +0200
From:      "Ivo Vachkov" <ivo.vachkov@gmail.com>
To:        "Niki Denev" <nike_d@cytexbg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bridge and stp defaults
Message-ID:  <f85d6aa70712170023m20d916c3pe691e6426737b9eb@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2e77fc10712131524v706cdec8y18288efe458745c9@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2e77fc10712131524v706cdec8y18288efe458745c9@mail.gmail.com>

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On Dec 14, 2007 1:24 AM, Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a reason that when adding member ports to a bridge stp is not
> enabled by default on them?
> Wouldn't it be more intuitive to be enabled by default these days?

There are several reasons not to enable STP on a bridge port unless
you're absolutely aware of what's happening here:

http://unilans.net/phrack/61/p61-0x0c_Fun_with_Spanning_Tree_Protocol.txt

> Regards,
> Niki
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