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Appendix A RAC Parameters
long _ break
loose_source_route
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allows a RAC to return a user to the CLI prompt after receiving a break signal
of more than two seconds. If you enter
local application.
Type
Async
Values
enabled or disabled
Default
enabled
Lists Async Ports, Idle Timer
controls the Loose Source Routing protocol, which defines a sequence of IP
addresses that a datagram must follow. You can select
you select enable, the RAC:
• Forwards IP packets that have the
option set.
Record
• Forwards packets with the
option only if it can reach the next routing address directly.
• Drops packets that do not have either setting and sends an
ICMP
Destination Unreachable
code.
If you enter , the RAC accepts packets with
disabled
or
Record Strict Source Routing and Record
destination. If it is not the destination, it drops these packets and sends the same
ICMP type message and code.
Loose source routing can be a security problem if you use filters on
your network router. If you are concerned with security, you should
set this parameter to
Type RAC
Values enabled or disabled
Default enabled
Lists RAC Only, Security
, the RAC passes the break to the
disabled
enabled
Loose Source Routing and
Strict Source Routing and Record
message with a
Loose Source Routing and
only when the RAC itself is the
.
disabled
or . When
disabled
Source Route Failed