> - I got a new TCP connection request from outside, with my deprecated
> address as the destination. am I allowed to accept this connetion?
> since we have no control over the address on our side, this
> falls into (2b).
> - if (2b) behavior is allowed, yes.
> - if (2b) behavior is disallowed, no. note that we cannot
> issue TCP RST in this case (if we issue TCP RST we will
> need to use deprecated address as the source)
jinmei suggested that it may be better to send TCP RST with deprecated
source, as it will help clients to try the next available address
(on getaddrinfo chain, or something). i tend to agree.
itojun
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