Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 08:47:18PM -0400, Fred Reimer wrote: >> I believe it is on by default because it has to be. > > "because it has to be"? What sort of brainwashed crap is that? > > It's on because someone in the past thought it might be a good idea (and > when I was young and green and before the first nasty surprises, I even > agreed...) - and Cisco really dislikes changing defaults.
Agreed. Sadly, lots of dumb stuff is on by default in IOS, making any sensible config huge. It's worth mentioning at this point that some platforms allow you to disable it by default and get over the onerous typing with the global: no ip arp proxy > > gert > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
