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Date:      Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:06:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Brian Seklecki (Mobile)" <lavalamp@probikesllc.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ICMP redirects and FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109180054170.45497@vger.digitalfreaks.org>
In-Reply-To: <201109180353.VAA25649@lariat.net>
References:  <201109180353.VAA25649@lariat.net>

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On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Brett Glass wrote:

> Here's a networking question: Does FreeBSD generate and accept ICMP 
> redirects? Is it controllable via tuneables? How long do routing tables

$ sysctl -d net.inet.ip.redirect
net.inet.ip.redirect: Enable sending IP redirects

Accepting them sounds like the job of a userland routing daemon.

Only a few unsound routing/network topology configurations really depend 
on redirects these days; They can't be trusted because they can't be 
authenticated?  ~BAS

> generated by ICMP redirects last?
>



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