Re: IP forwarding and ICMP redirects
Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Fri, 12 Apr 1996 18:05:19 +0100 (BST)
> A, B (def. gw), C being routers, and D being a Linux router and terminal server.
> Assuming thta A,B,C and D don't run a routing protocol, doesn't D need both
> IP_forwarding and ICMP redirects processing for optimal use ?
Routers are not supposed to do ICMP redirect because the routing protocol
should be getting the routes right. Only the host machines need to
get redirects.