On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:32 PM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Christopher Morrow > <christopher.mor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Polling a little bit here, there's an active discussion going on >> 6...@ietf about whether or not v6 routers should: >> o be required to implement ip redirect functions (icmpv6 redirect) >> o be sending these by default > > Hi Chris, > > If you don't mind, I'd like to ask a similar question whose answers > might be instructive for the question you asked:
sure :) (other folks should also chime in, or I thought that was the spirit of your question...) > > Forgetting all of the theoretical constructs for a moment, has anyone > here personally encountered an operational scenario in which ICMP > redirects solved a problem for you that you would otherwise have found > difficult or intransigent? Without naming names, would you describe > the scenario's details, explain the problem that would have existed > absent redirects and explain how redirects solved it for you? I've never had redirects solve a problem for me.
