Re: IPv6 packets with unspecified source address

[Atsushi Onoe]

> Please consider the following examples. Are these examples legal? And what do you propose against these examples? The specification should not prohibit anything just because it is not considered useful, IMO. An unspecified source address looks harmless because we don't use it except DAD. In RFC2119, Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels: | $(Dk(B6. Guidance in the use of these Imperatives | | Imperatives of the type defined in this memo must be used with care | and sparingly. In particular, they MUST only be used where it is | actually required for interoperation or to limit behavior which has | potential for causing harm (e.g., limiting retransmisssions) For | example, they must not be used to try to impose a particular method | on implementors where the method is not required for | interoperability. Atsushi Onoe -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------