Mike Silbersack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I can see how these source quench messages would cause problems if a DoS
>is being routed through a FreeBSD router, and I think that your patch
>makes sense.  Are there any objections to me committing this in a few
>days?

Doesn't FreeBSD rate-limit ICMP as required by the RFC? If there is a
but it's that the rate-limiting isn't happening, not that source-quench
packets are being generated. If it's important that FreeBSD routers not
generate them then it should be a sysctl option.

Tony.
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