Re: Discarding inbound ICMP REDIRECT by default

From: Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg_at_gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:01:22 UTC
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> On Thu, 13 Jun 2024 at 09:39, Rodney W. Grimes
> <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> >
> > Discarding ICMP redirects on a internet host is non-conformant with
> > STD-3 via rfc-1122.  Processing of ICMP rediects is a MUST for hosts.
> 
> In that case our default of "auto" is non-conformant if you have a
> routing daemon.

NO, because then your not subject to rfc-1122 as your now a router,
not a host.

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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes@freebsd.org