On Tue, 12 Apr 2022, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote:
Probably an oversight, I'd guess. As with many such situations, things that
aren't obviously and critically broken don't get much attention ;)
In fact, it is critically broken, as a routing service introduces
a whole new security context that can open critical intrusion pathes.
This is true, and in fact RIP
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_Information_Protocol) has been
known to be flawed since the early '90s.
Any service not needed by a host should be disabled if possible.
Bob
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