Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:53:21 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@networx.ch> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> Cc: "David G. Andersen" <dga@lcs.mit.edu> Subject: Re: Kern/73129 and 5.3-STABLE Message-ID: <420B3D21.BB695114@networx.ch> References: <20050209170802.GA39472@lcs.mit.edu> <420A4957.15E0D656@networx.ch> <20050209185828.GD39472@lcs.mit.edu> <20050209203534.GA41287@lcs.mit.edu> <420A7712.45001B85@networx.ch> <20050210101932.GB21066@cell.sick.ru> <420B3717.D03BA3EA@networx.ch> <20050210103539.GA21237@cell.sick.ru>
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Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 11:27:35AM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote: > A> > On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:48:18PM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote: > A> > A> The problem is with locally generated packets which go the wrong way. > A> > A> This gets nasty when the box has to generate some path MTU discovery > A> > A> ICMP message and such. What I implemented is the correct thing to do > A> > A> and prevents foot-shooting. On the other hand it prevents people from > A> > A> forwarding local ports and such. Both sides of the coin have merit > A> > A> and there is no easy deciding between them or obvious right or wrong > A> > A> choice. > A> > > A> > If it will fix said PR but break forwarding of local ports, then this is > A> > not acceptable. In this case we will have another PRs in short period. > A> > A> I didn't say that, did I? > > Pardon, I probably misunderstood "On the other hand it prevents people from > forwarding local ports and such". > What did you mean here? The code that is currently in the tree. -- Andre
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