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On 20. Oct 2011, at 05:21 , Fernando Gont wrote:

> Folks,
> 
> While doing some testing, it seems that FreeBSD ignores ICMPv6 Redirects
> when both the Redirect Destination and the Redirect Target are the same
> (i.e., the destination is supposed to be on-link).
> 
> OTOH, Redirects are processed as expected when the Redirect Target is
> different from the Redirect Destination.

What does it log if you turn on the following sysctl
net.inet6.icmp6.nd6_debug=1
and reproduce?

> 
> Should I report this as a bug, or is this (non-rfc-compliant) behavior
> intentional? (If so, what's the rationale?)

It's kern/152791, isn't it?

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