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Re: icmp_unreachable uses wrong ip

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Subject: Re: icmp_unreachable uses wrong ip
From: Meelis Roos <mroos@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 10:03:45 +0300
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PM> Your patch can't guarantee that the address used is the same that was
PM> used as nexthop by the previous hop in the path when multiple addresses
PM> are configured on the incoming interface. So I don't think it achieves
PM> much of your goal of making debugging complicated topologies easier.

Nevertheless this patch seems to be the most logical thing to do and is
_much_ better than current state IMHO. Principle of least surprise.

-- 
Meelis Roos

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