GAW> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 23:14:58 -0400 (EDT) GAW> From: Greg A. Woods GAW> If a given router uses a single unique-to-itself canonical GAW> globally routable source address for all ICMP error replies GAW> it generates then the output of the likes of traceroute and GAW> even ping will still be meaningful and useful. No important GAW> information is lost, at least not from the point of view of GAW> everyone _without_ a login on the router in question at GAW> least (and if you can login to the router then I should hope GAW> you can figure out what interface the undeliverable packets GAW> are arriving on without any external help!). Sounds good to me. GAW> Isn't there even an IOS command to "make it so", or am I GAW> dreaming visions of some as-yet unimplemented BSD-based GAW> router feature again? I don't know of any existing sysctl, but it should be trivial to add "net.inet.icmp.sourceforce" or something like that. -- Eddy Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.