From: Michel Py [michel(_at_)arneill-py(_dot_)sacramento(_dot_)ca(_dot_)us]
I'm no expert in this, but isn't this what ICMP Redirect messages
are for? Aren't routers required to generate them in these cases?
Unfortunately, ICMP redirects are often broken. It is a well-known issue
that the introduction of Windows XP SP2 (a while ago) and the Windows
Firewall did that.
Someone says, We should have a mechanism to do X!
I reply, We already have a mechanism that does X.
Someone says, Many deployed systems don't implement that mechanism
correctly.
It seems that the answer is to fix the deployed systems, rather than
designing a new mechanism.
Dale
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