Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 11:21:11 -0500 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Loose Source routing Message-ID: <9604021621.AA06858@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <jacs-9603021513.AA0001685@hawk.gnome.co.uk> References: <jacs-9603021513.AA0001685@hawk.gnome.co.uk>
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<<On Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:13:12 +0100 (BST), Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk> said: > everything is it possible to configure the FreeBSD box to add its > address as a return route to the IP datagram for forwarded packets, > which I think is called loose source routing? Well, yes and no. You could alter the source code to add the LSRR option when forwarding packets. You will find, however, that many systems out there in the Internet will not honor LSRR requests, with one of three possible actions: 1) Your packet is silently thrown away. 2) Your LSRR option is ignored and a message is logged to the gateway administrator. 3) Your packet makes it to the other end, which ignores LSRR options and so is unable to reply to you. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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