Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:35:58 -0500 From: "Niki Denev" <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: "Ivo Vachkov" <ivo.vachkov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bridge and stp defaults Message-ID: <2e77fc10712170535l448b097em7271127baf039588@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f85d6aa70712170023m20d916c3pe691e6426737b9eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <2e77fc10712131524v706cdec8y18288efe458745c9@mail.gmail.com> <f85d6aa70712170023m20d916c3pe691e6426737b9eb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Dec 17, 2007 3:23 AM, Ivo Vachkov <ivo.vachkov@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2007 1:24 AM, Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com> 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).
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