From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 05:32:52 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08E19106564A for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:32:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lavalamp@probikesllc.com) Received: from relay03.pair.com (relay03.pair.com [209.68.5.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9FEBC8FC0C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:32:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 43901 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2011 05:06:09 -0000 Received: from 216.151.95.152 (HELO vger.digitalfreaks.org) (216.151.95.152) by relay03.pair.com with SMTP; 18 Sep 2011 05:06:09 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 216.151.95.152 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:06:09 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brian Seklecki (Mobile)" X-X-Sender: lavalamp@vger.digitalfreaks.org To: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <201109180353.VAA25649@lariat.net> Message-ID: References: <201109180353.VAA25649@lariat.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ICMP redirects and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:32:52 -0000 On Sat, 17 Sep 2011, Brett Glass wrote: > Here's a networking question: Does FreeBSD generate and accept ICMP > redirects? Is it controllable via tuneables? How long do routing tables $ sysctl -d net.inet.ip.redirect net.inet.ip.redirect: Enable sending IP redirects Accepting them sounds like the job of a userland routing daemon. Only a few unsound routing/network topology configurations really depend on redirects these days; They can't be trusted because they can't be authenticated? ~BAS > generated by ICMP redirects last? >