From: Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:25:35 -0800
> > On the other hand, being able to configure a small MSL for the loopback > > device is perfectly safe. Being able to configure a small MSL for other > > interfaces may be safe, depending on the rest of the network layout. > > A peanut gallery question - I seem to recall prior discussions about how > one cannot assume that a packet destined for a given IP address will > remain detined for that given IP address as it could go through a module > that will rewrite headers etc. That's right, both netfilter and the packet scheduler actions can do that, that's why this whole idea about changing the MSL on loopback by default is wrong and pointless. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
