From owner-freebsd-net Fri Jan 14 10:11: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5668158A4 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:06:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA85591; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:04:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:04:58 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200001141804.NAA85591@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: graeme.n.brown@bt.com Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Response to changes in kernel routing table In-Reply-To: <71DA16F18D32D2119A1D0000F8FE9A9402B5A3B4@mbtlipnt01.btlabs.bt.co.uk> References: <71DA16F18D32D2119A1D0000F8FE9A9402B5A3B4@mbtlipnt01.btlabs.bt.co.uk> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < Does the kernel immediately send a notification on a routing socket to the > routing daemon when the new route is installed in the kernels forwarding > table ? Yes. What the existing routing processes actually do with this notification varies. (I think, for the most part, they are of the belief that they alone manage the routing table and will either ignore or delete it.) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message