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Re: [Autoconf] Closing summary on consensus-call for RFC5889modifications

Juliusz Chroboczek <Juliusz.Chroboczek@pps.jussieu.fr> Tue, 24 August 2010 17:10 UTC

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From: Juliusz Chroboczek <Juliusz.Chroboczek@pps.jussieu.fr>
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Subject: Re: [Autoconf] Closing summary on consensus-call for RFC5889modifications
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> consider for example an OLSR node that does not wish to be a relay,
> only an endpoint. It can do that by setting WILLINGNESS equal to zero,
> and if it is built only to take such a role it can then throw away
> large chunks of OLSR code (for example it never sends TC messages).

What you're describing is not a router.  It's a host that's snooping on
a routing protocol.

                                        Juliusz

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