Subject: Re: kern/2121: Default setting of ip.forwarding is not good
To: None <simons@peti.rhein.de>
From: None <Chris_G_Demetriou@NIAGARA.NECTAR.CS.CMU.EDU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/24/1996 00:42:33
> >Description:
> When installing the NetBSD 1.1 kernels, ip.forwarding is set
> to off per default, what is very unfortunate in my opinion.
This behaviour is required by an RFC (i forget which one, but i'm sure
somebody will tell us... 8-).
Having it enabled by default... could probably allow for some security
surprises.
chris