>>>>> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:41:40 +0300 (EEST),
>>>>> Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Assuming the scenario in the above:
> Router B
> |P::b
> |
> | Point-to-point link, P::/64
> |
> |P::a
> Router A
> If some nastie sent a packet with source= P::c, destination P::d, you
> might end up in an endless ping-pong loop of ICMP error messages, or...?
> (does the "no icmp error sent due to received icmp error" prevent this?)
Yes, it is. Additionally, even if we did not have the rule, we would
not see such infinite iteration of icmp6 errors, because the source
address of the error packet from Router B would P::b, which is
a perfectly legal address. We would only see one more error.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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