From: Bryan C. Andregg [mailto:bandregg@redhat.com] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 8:15 AM
Running a routing protocol on a unix box doesn't mean you're using it as a router. Perhaps he just wants OSPF on a few servers so
their packets more efficiently. Consider a case where you have a few access servers and unix servers on the same switch and a router connecting that POP to your backbone. Having a routing protocol on
On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 10:14:58PM -0400, jlewis@lewis.org mailed: they can send those unix boxes
means they can send packets directly to the appropriate access server (or the router) rather than everything to the router, just to have it spit the packets back out headed for an access server on that segment.
Pardon my ignorance here, but wont ICMP redirects take care of this situation already?
ICMP redirects create a potential security vulnerability, for man-in-the-middle attacks. MHSC.NET doesn't allow them. Not host, at MHSC.NET, will respond to them (in theory <g>).