netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 28282] New: forwarding turns autoconfiguration off

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Message-ID: <20110209074221.GA9790@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:42:21 +0100
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, hadmut@...isch.de,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 28282] New: forwarding turns autoconfiguration off

Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com> :
[...]
> I believe there is a difference between being a router and merely
> being capable of forwarding IP packets.  To me, a router participates
> in a routing protocol and/or advertises routes/prefixes.  So perhaps
> Hadmut has a valid point that autoconfiguration should not depend
> on ip_forward being off, although I'm not sure what the appropriate
> alternate test for not being a router should be.

It is here (same document, same page):
[...]
2.  Terminology

   IP -  Internet Protocol Version 6.  The terms IPv4 and IPv6 are used
      only in contexts where necessary to avoid ambiguity.

   node -  a device that implements IP.

   router -  a node that forwards IP packets not explicitly addressed to
      itself.

Why should we put our brains at pain ? Is there really a problem ?

-- 
Ueimor
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