At least the 2.0.x kernals and newer have this as a config option when
you rebuild the kernel...
Later,
Ron DuFresne
On Sat, 4 Jan 1997, Peter da Silva wrote:
> > Do I need to care about
> > source routed packets if my upstream provider has everything configured
> > as they should?
>
> Yes. Don't depend on a third party maintaining a configuration correctly
> for the proper operation of your firewall.
>
> > If I am using for example Linux, would it be enough to
> > configure the linux kernel to drop source routed packets?
>
> I don't know. It's a sysctl option in FreeBSD.
>
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