From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 00:26:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0534016A41F; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:26:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B004428C; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:16:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3C2566121E; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:16:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF26E5C9C1 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:59:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66D0656A6E; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:59:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 251AA16A4D5; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:59:39 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAD1A16A4CE; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:59:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46DB43D45; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:59:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id iBSMxTHC013799; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:59:29 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id iBSMxTto013798; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:59:29 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Skylar Thompson Message-ID: <20041228225929.GA13275@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <41D0FB74.2000901@ispworkshop.com> <41D1E3DA.4080704@cs.earlham.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41D1E3DA.4080704@cs.earlham.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 X-Spam-Level: Cc: doc@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org, Ong Beng Hui Subject: Re: FreeBsd as internet router X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:26:04 -0000 X-Original-Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:59:29 -0800 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 00:26:04 -0000 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [cc'ing doc since I think this is really a doc issue. Please trim your reply list as needed] On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 04:53:14PM -0600, Skylar Thompson wrote: > Ong Beng Hui wrote: >=20 > >Hi, > > > >Looking thru the FreeBSD handbook... > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html > > > >and Advanced Networking... > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-netwo= rking.html=20 > > > > > >Under Building a Router, it said... > > > >"Even when FreeBSD is configured in this way, it does not completely=20 > >comply with the Internet standard requirements for routers. It comes=20 > >close enough for ordinary use, however." > > > >Could someone advise, in what way FreeBSD doesn't comply with Internet > >standard requirements for routers ? Which internet standard it might be > >referencing to.=20 >=20 > The first thing that comes to mind is that FreeBSD doesn't pass on=20 > network broadcast packets by default. This violates RFC1812=20 > , which mandates that=20 > subnet broadcast packets must be passed on as specified in STD3=20 > . This actually is no=20 > longer good practice, so I'd say it's more prudence than an outright=20 > design flaw that FreeBSD doesn't comply with this. It's highly unlikely that any router ever built met every requirement of every relevant RFC at the time it shipped. As the above example demonstrates, doing so would not only be practically impossible, but quite stupid to boot. This paragraph should be taken out and shot. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB0eVRXY6L6fI4GtQRArBcAJ9WKKjJWbLuk5HJVVQJocunf8biKwCgvChy w4MmMBN3UB1aWckUtdRmWnM= =tpPn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--