Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hiroki Ishibashi writes:
>
>>Now, OSPFv3.  Since it is much complicated than any RIPng, of course,  
>>and it has capability to run multiple processes by nature, we decided to 
>>run an OSPFv3 process per site.  Still, we could have handle site routing 
>>with single OSPFv3 process.  Complication is the most dominant factor in our
>>decision.  For example, what if someone is sending an Intra-Area-Prefix-LSA
>>which contains both global and site-local prefixes.  Receiving OSPFv3 router
>>might need to decompose LSA into two LSAs which contain global and site-local
>>separately.  BUT, this is not allowed.  I believe that we need to make 
>>agreements on this point.
>>One of our concerns on multi-process implementation is that
>>global prefixes need to be redistributed among OSPFv3 process once
>>sites are defined.
>>
>
>I'm still confused.  If a packet arrives on a site-enabled interface, 
>addressed to multicast address AllSPFRouters, and with protocol number 
>89 (OSPF), to which process is it delivered?  Does something actually 
>peek inside the packet to see if it's advertising global or site-local 
>addresses when making the dispatching decision?

"2.4.  Explicit support for multiple instances per link" in RFC2740 
is the one to be used to identify a process (instance) to which packet
are delivered.  Not necessary to peek into LSAs for the dispatching
decision.  

Hiroki Ishibashi
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