On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Robin Gilks wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > The reason it doesn't work is because TCP/IP does not work that
> > way. TCP/IP is based on the assumption that every computer on a
> > network segment (NOT subnet) can hear all of the other computers
> > on the same segment.
>
> It worked fine up to 2.0 series kernels and then it stopped. Every other IP
> stack that I've tried that supports routing also works as expected.
>
> IP is a routing protocol - it should make NO assumptions of the lower layers
> (eg. segments etc) - any stack that does is IMO broken.
I agree. Yes the IP stack should send an ICMP redirect at least optionally
but it should _not_ drop the original frame. Currently it does the worst -
does not send a redirect and drops the original...
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