From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 17 13:36:00 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 1130216A417 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:36:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ndenev@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0C613C4E8 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ndenev@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so2097614rvb.43 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:35:59 -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:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=QbbR7rg6lgJDSGuoht0izsL8zsp0ybbNwS0LNjXPkeU=; b=wpCwGUPfuqw0+6wU2d57UX+kM2CqjeetI3CDx0SU4LnVAarpKVYHK52liCgqcMx/upkK6jh3dMumLJ6bmNxwGv/ZR7no5yP+osg/WwcrEVxat3wfGbztc2Wtn4Atg3thYsoUMbpI5g0UWVf8QzVKkuGUivQZzvgqC99q3j5WKSg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=sw4yXuAO9bBTPd0bB3OHHV7PCIFYxSSLW4fJA3Cjv4X1MWkq1JznocWEVOFQHPMSqroxqyWiNRnKqlvvnuobbX37KomF2Dj6aQIAR3M6MC9o7xotLAZZH5EYo5tOLlqiDgxoDFXtdMUIpFYSwnl6uaCQvOELqGA3EGiaF2IEq/Q= Received: by 10.141.172.6 with SMTP id z6mr3975059rvo.80.1197898558851; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:35:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.170.18 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:35:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2e77fc10712170535l448b097em7271127baf039588@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:35:58 -0500 From: "Niki Denev" Sender: ndenev@gmail.com To: "Ivo Vachkov" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2e77fc10712131524v706cdec8y18288efe458745c9@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 761b943057bed76d 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 13:36:00 -0000 On Dec 17, 2007 3:23 AM, Ivo Vachkov wrote: > > 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 > > I was asking this question because all of the ethernet switches that i have worked with (Cisco/3Com) have R/STP enabled by default (if they support it of course).