Date: 07 Apr 2005 09:30:29 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Martin Petraschek <petraschek@ftw.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 ICMP multicast response Message-ID: <44wtren28a.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <BLACKHOLE5DYge2Qw4h000027b8@mail.ftw.at> References: <BLACKHOLE5DYge2Qw4h000027b8@mail.ftw.at>
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"Martin Petraschek" <petraschek@ftw.at> writes: > By default, FreeBSD does not reply to ICMP multicast echo requests. For IPv4 this behaviour > can be changed with > > sysctl net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho=0|1 > > Is there a similar control for IPv6? No. That would violate RFC 2463, section 2.4(e.2). As well as being a bad idea. If you need it for some custom application that won't be connected to the Internet, you can hack the source.
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