On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Jack Bates wrote: > >> Why should the ietf dictate a default on this? > > Because that's what the IETF does, sets a SHOULD on "best common practice" > after discussion in the community. > >> Requiring implementation I could understand, but setting the default? >> Should the ietf also specify requirement of allowing configuration change of >> a default? > > I'd say by definition it's meaningless of talking about a default that can't > be changed. > > As I stated in the 6man discussion, I prefer routers to by default not send > redirects. We do that in our configuration template.
as always, thanks! :) I am hoping we all don't have to continue to hack templates, if the option is sane to begin with and is documented in the code/config/docs by the vendor(s). -Chris