Re: How to turn on source-routing?

Jeffrey C. Ollie (jeffo@worf.netins.net)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 13:35:36 -0500

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>>>>> "N" == Nick Hilliard <nh@ieunet.ie> writes:
N>
N> Brian 'MegaZone' Bikowicz <megazone@livingston.com> wrote:
N> : You can't. We do NOT do it, and won't do it. It isn't even in the code,
N> : it was deliberately left out. We simply do not support source routing.
N>
N> This seems to be against the spirit of rfc1009 and the letter of rfc1812.
N>
N> [ etc. ]
N>
N> The lack of source-routing support is something that really bothers me every
N> so often (when I need it).
N>
N> Is there a particular reason, apart from security and code bloat, that
N> Livingston doesn't support this feature?

Can you list any good resons why they should? Most well run routers will drop
any packets with source routing set on them, as source routing makes it very
easy to spoof IP addresses. Perhaps it's my lack of imagination, but I can't
think of any legitimate reasons to use source routing.

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Jeffrey C. Ollie
Iowa Network Services System Administrator

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