On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Thomas Graf wrote:
That is a very important point, actually it's the whole truth. If
we extend it a little and say, let's give userspace control of all
directly connected routes so it can delete/replace/modify/whatever
if needed.
It may or not be better. However, it /would/ be painful. Lots of
network setup scripts across various linux distros and even daemons
would have to be updated.
I know I repeat myself but this is achieved by not defining the
address as a prefix but as an address to avoid the auto creation of
both the route in the main table and the local broadcast routes.
- insane
Yep :).
You're proposing to change operational practice globally. Practice
which is enshrined in OS setup scripts, in applications, even in
routing protocols to an extent.
regards,
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