From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 08:51:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8352B16A41B for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:51:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivo.vachkov@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B5413C46E for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:51:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivo.vachkov@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 68so1102144wra.13 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:51:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=0R/TGxQqRPi9VZlcCnaWFPB0RFKIJCYbhXsFmOoYL7g=; b=MwOC+pp5HxcxIniBy8szANt1vsEAtsNj8EA54qiOWmeoWpaYuDU9XCr9ahdR9aQtFk17OFbh2eP5LjHo+AvfLQ5VXyLLrKmLpB209qGW38fbARw6tryExUXGrfx24wNyPFuakrhrdhCQOLMAfnB1M7bQSJBJGeaL5KXG0d+UHuQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=WpIZLfl1hYclP6EHWuhvhiADw/UTpGTNt0e7G58uDekLHRhTLaqxBazMjcoJyp0g8Knx8X7IYXfpdW2TvtbqV/bs066ZIHP/PziI5+m0EWMZ2g7/0d24E1oMkGzG8LGiTwGtBiasZmZC8sP7VJ7dA+6BJxVVGO5dLW6wjxF7DU8= Received: by 10.150.149.19 with SMTP id w19mr191900ybd.28.1197879795856; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:23:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.150.204.13 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:23:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:23:15 +0200 From: "Ivo Vachkov" To: "Niki Denev" In-Reply-To: <2e77fc10712131524v706cdec8y18288efe458745c9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2e77fc10712131524v706cdec8y18288efe458745c9@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bridge and stp defaults X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:51:28 -0000 On Dec 14, 2007 1:24 AM, Niki Denev 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." Dennis Ritchie