> IP packet forwarding is required to be disabled by default by some
> RFC (the number of which currently escapes me 8-).

RFC 1122 (Host Requirements, Communication layers),
section 3.1 (Introduction) says:                                             ......An Internet host that

                                             ......An Internet host that
      includes embedded gateway code MUST have a configuration switch to
      disable the gateway function, and this switch MUST default to the
      non-gateway mode.

Clear enough, I guess.

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