Re: Should routers send redirects by default?

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Ricky Beam wrote:

I think it's almost universally disabled (by default) everywhere in IPv4 purely for security (traffic interception.)

Okay, I'll ask again. Exactly how does disabling ICMP redirects on my router prevent traffic from being intercepted? -- Brandon Ross AIM: BrandonNRoss ICQ: 2269442 Skype: brandonross Yahoo: BrandonNRoss