>When discussing Linux IPv6 implementation, David Stevens
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> brought up a problem with routing header w/
>Hosts.
>
>RFC2460 (The IPv6 Spec) assumes that all _nodes_ (note not routers)
>forward source routed packets.
>
>Routing header works so that the next hop is always written to destination
>address field and the rest of the path to routing header fields.
I briefly remember that:
- I (or jinmei) asked this question to Steve Deering and
- he responded that it is intentionally specified as "node".
I don't remember the reasons. Steve, are you there?
itojun
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