At 16:39 19-01-2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello everyone.
>
> How can I stop an icmp redirect , I mean , lately an icmp redirect
>message has been showing up in my logs. How bad is it ? How can I
>determine where it is beeing redirected and who is doing it ? Most
>importantly how can I stop it ?
>The message is as follows:
>
>
>server kernel: ICMP redirect from xxx.yyy.zzz.ccc which happens to my
>router.
>
The ICMPs redirects are generated when there is a better route to a
destination, that is, if a router receives a packet with some destination
and it knows a better route, it will generate a ICMP redirect to the
generating host.
Nuno
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