From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@transmode.se>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>,
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: sysctl to block responding on down interface
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:42:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1277754121.4235.673.camel@edumazet-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF62B30BCC.F8523B86-ONC1257750.00687496-C1257750.0068AA27@transmode.se>
Le lundi 28 juin 2010 à 21:03 +0200, Joakim Tjernlund a écrit :
> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> wrote on 2010/06/11 17:48:54:
> >
> > When Linux is used as a router, it is undesirable for the kernel to process
> > incoming packets when the address assigned to the interface is down.
> > The initial problem report was for a management application that used ICMP
> > to check link availability.
> >
> > The default is disabled to maintain compatibility with previous behavior.
> > This is not recommended for server systems because it makes fail over more
> > difficult, and does not account for configurations where multiple interfaces
> > have the same IP address.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
>
> Ping David et. all?
> I too want this.
You probably missed David reply
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/164494
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-28 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-11 12:24 Weak host model vs .interface down Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 15:48 ` [PATCH net-next-2.6] ipv4: sysctl to block responding on down interface Stephen Hemminger
2010-06-22 17:15 ` David Miller
2010-06-30 20:55 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-06-30 20:58 ` David Miller
2010-06-28 19:03 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-28 19:42 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2010-06-28 21:09 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-28 21:28 ` Mitchell Erblich
2010-06-28 21:58 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-28 21:57 ` David Miller
2010-06-28 23:30 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-29 3:01 ` David Miller
2010-07-01 11:23 ` Andi Kleen
2010-07-01 11:48 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 16:32 ` Weak host model vs .interface down Rick Jones
2010-06-11 17:06 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 17:13 ` Rick Jones
2010-06-11 19:41 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 23:57 ` Mark Smith
2010-06-12 9:34 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2010-06-11 19:50 ` Mitchell Erblich
2010-06-11 20:46 ` Joakim Tjernlund
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