[c-nsp] spd mode aggressive

Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) oboehmer at cisco.com
Wed Apr 13 09:19:13 EDT 2005


>>> The documentation for this is, ah, sparse to say the least.
>>> 
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps167/products_
>> tech_note09186a008012fb87.shtml
>> 
>> Hmm, which information did you miss? Sounds pretty complete to me
>> (i.e. drop malformed pkts instead of punting them and generating
>> ICMP msgs).. 

> The comment about "punting them and generating ICMP msgs" - does this
> apply to all platforms or just the GSR?  And does this apply to any
sort of
> strangeness in the TCP/IP header or just the address?

To all platforms *except* the GSR. The Linecard-CPU will perform sanity
checks on the IP packet header, so the RP will never see those (and
could apply any SPD on them).

	oli



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