On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 13:20 -0400, Christopher Morrow wrote:
Polling a little bit here, there's an active discussion going on 6man@ietf about whether or not v6 routers should: o be required to implement ip redirect functions (icmpv6 redirect) o be sending these by default
I do not currently have an IPv6 deployment, so my input may be lacking in real usefulness here. With IPv4, however, I have been a little irritated at a few situations where I NEEDED this to work and it did not (certain PIX routers come to mind here). There are risks involved with ANY "automated" type traffic to be sure, but for my money, it SHOULD be possible to configure every router to support the network needs. So for my money, I'd suggest: * routers MUST support ip redirect * "default" configurations irrelevant to me I do agree with one or two of the other posters that it should not be within the purview of the IETF to "mandate" these defaults. Each of us will learn the defaults of the particular gear we use and can adjust config templates to match, given the needs of the network we are deploying. Just my $0.02 (may be worth less than that) :-) -- ******************************************************************** * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * ********************************************************************