Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 08:29:31 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why routed and not gated by default? Message-ID: <19970603082931.JL57049@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <97Jun2.184213pdt.177489@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>; from Bill Fenner on Jun 2, 1997 18:42:03 -0800 References: <19970602223231.RC39608@uriah.heep.sax.de> <97Jun2.184213pdt.177489@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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As Bill Fenner wrote: > >I know that Bill Fenner will heavily object now > > Hm, I'm not sure that's the kind of name I want to have made for myself > in the FreeBSD community =) :-) > I still believe that router discovery should be enabled by default > on ethernet-connected end-systems that aren't acting as routers > themselves. And my point is that the operator should be required to actively hit a button before this is turned on. The operator could be automatically guided to this question however, e.g. in Novice installation mode. There are a lot of ethernets on this planet where even running router discovery is at best a waste of virtual memory (since there's simply nothing to discover). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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