Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 09:10:04 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_icmp.c src/share/man/man4 icmp.4 Message-ID: <20050822161004.5FE6A5D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:29:39 -0000." <200508211229.j7LCTdLu030321@repoman.freebsd.org>
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> From: Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org> > Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:29:39 +0000 (UTC) > Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org > > andre 2005-08-21 12:29:39 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/netinet ip_icmp.c > share/man/man4 icmp.4 > Log: > Add an option to have ICMP replies to non-local packets generated with > the IP address the packet came through in. This is useful for routers > to show in traceroutes the actual path a packet has taken instead of > the possibly different return path. > > The new sysctl is named net.inet.icmp.reply_from_interface and defaults > to off. Thank you! This has annoyed me for a long time, but never enough to actually do anything about it. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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