> RFC 2463 states that it is a MUST to limit the rate of ICMPv6 error > messages that are sent. Traceroute is a utility that relies on ICMP error > messages. One of the parameters for traceroute is the number of probes > that are sent for each hopcount. RFC 2463 gives an example of 1 second as > a conservative default if timer based rate limiting was implemented. If > this is used, traceroute won't receive a reply for each probe if multiple > probes are sent for each hopcount since some will be supressed due to the > rate limiting factor. What are other implementations doing in regard to > ICMPv6 rate limits?
The Solaris implementation uses a token bucket filter to allow bursts of ICMP errors (max 10) while limiting the average rate to 10 per second. Erik -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
