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Should routers send redirects by default?

Subject: Should routers send redirects by default?
From: ekat at onyxlight.net (Eric J. Katanich)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:08:17 -0400
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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Ricky Beam wrote:

> I think it's almost universally disabled (by default) everywhere in IPv4 
> purely for security (traffic interception.)

Okay, I'll ask again.  Exactly how does disabling ICMP redirects on my 
router prevent traffic from being intercepted?

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References:
- Should routers send redirects by default?
  - From: christopher.morrow at gmail.com (Christopher Morrow)
- Should routers send redirects by default?
  - From: jfbeam at gmail.com (Ricky Beam)

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