Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:18:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Jonathan Hanna <pangolin@home.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Redirects and expire times Message-ID: <19990518221829.CSIZ24551.mail.rdc1.bc.home.com@cr1003333-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com>
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What is the proper way of handling ICMP redirects? I expected host routes to be added with an expire time, but apparently they are permanent. I found one old reference to this, but no reply. > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:09:15 -0600 (CST) > From: Scott Mace <smace@metal.neosoft.com> > To: hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Redirects and expire times... > Message-ID: <199603112109.PAA15480@metal.ops.neosoft.com> > > I think it is a bug to add a host route after receiving a ICMP redirect > and NOT having any expire set on the route. If you have a default routed > host in a complex topology you can get into trouble when the topology changes. > > Scott Jonathan Hanna <pangolin@home.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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