Subject: kern/13523: route -genmask does not take effect on PMTUD (both ipv4/v6)
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <itojun@itojun.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/21/2001 21:33:42
>Number: 13523
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: route -genmask does not take effect on PMTUD (both ipv4/v6)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: kern-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 21 05:32:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
>Release: 1.5.1 and 1.5W
>Organization:
itojun.org
>Environment:
System: NetBSD starfruit.itojun.org 1.5.1 NetBSD 1.5.1 (STARFRUIT) #117: Sat Jul 21 14:27:50 JST 2001 itojun@starfruit.itojun.org:/usr/home/itojun/k/kame/netbsd/sys/arch/i386/compile/STARFRUIT i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
due to the way PMTUD is implemented in netbsd (and openbsd),
route -genmask does not have meaningful behavior.
see p611 of TCP/IP illustrated vol II for the expected behavior -
genmask setting can give us fewer PMTUD routes.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
i will look at it.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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