[nycbug-talk] Fwd: icmp redirects from host A to host A

Max Gribov max at neuropunks.org
Tue Nov 11 12:10:05 EST 2008


Miles Nordin wrote:
> Max's redirect, though, seemed to have the same address in the
> destination and next-hop fields, so I don't know why it was generated,
> and that's why i didn't reply before.
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yea, sorry about the confusion - i know what icmp redirect does, but in 
this case a router on that host's network send me a redirect saying
"if you wanna reach bob, talk to bob" -- kinda silly, so either a 
misconfiguration or some sort of bizarre practice ive never seen before..
 



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