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Re: Did no one ever realize a Backup-Route with OpenBSD ???

To: Toni Mueller <openbsd-tech@oeko.net>
Subject: Re: Did no one ever realize a Backup-Route with OpenBSD ???
From: Frank Cusack <fcusack@fcusack.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 20:39:11 -0800
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
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On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 05:24:54PM +0100, Toni Mueller wrote:
> btw, _why_ can't I have two (or 3 or 4) default routes, other than
> that nobody already implemented it?

No reason.  In fact it's a requirement to support multiple default routes.
(RFC 1122, see par. 3.3.1.2 and 3.5)  There are issues involved in
determining which of multiple default routes to actually use.

/fc

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