> A null route will not stop you from getting those addresses on a trace. > That's problem of your upstream provider's backbone. Well... not really > a problem. Just some people don't like to see them on traces.
It can actually be a problem, since if that node would want to signal back icmp messages (for example indicating a too large packet), such a message could reasonably be filtered on its way back, since strictly speaking private addresses are not supposed to appear "in the open". Result: connectivity problems. Cheers, Markus ---------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maillist-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/swinog%40swinog.ch/
