9 Jul
1996
9 Jul
'96
9:12 a.m.
Sorry, i was unclear. It should read "forwarding return packets back to the original source". In other words -- assume that forwards and backwards paths are both crossing the same interface. That assumption is practically always valid for tail circuits. --vadim
That's once again a matter of defaults -- routers should _by default_ discard all packets from interfaces which they won't use for forwarding those packets back.
Why? -- Jerry Anderson jerry@gi.net Principal Engineer (402) 436-3030 Implementation & Consulting http://www.gi.net/jerry Global Internet Network Services (formerly known as MIDnet)