netdev - Re: [IPV4] LVS: Allow to send ICMP unreachable responses when real-servers are removed

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Message-ID: <20070518010650.GB15229@verge.net.au>
Date:	Fri, 18 May 2007 10:06:52 +0900
From:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
	Janusz Krzysztofik <jkrzyszt@....icnet.pl>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IPV4] LVS: Allow to send ICMP unreachable responses when real-servers are removed

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 06:40:28PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
> Actually thats exactly the case that my patch handles. Why does it
> matter which source address the ICMP packet uses, as long as its
> routed properly?

Agreed.

> In any case some better solution than the current one needs to be
> found, allowing users to send spoofed packets is far worse than
> using a non-desired source address for ICMP packets.

No agrument there.

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