>processing a HAO is simply replacing the source address with
>the contents of the HAO. earlier it is used to be a MUST without
>the verification step. IPv6 WG was okay with that. but people 
>indentified some reflection attacks that are possible if you 
>blindly accept unverified home address option. so now, it is a
>MUST with the verification step.

        IPv6 wg OKed HAO in draft 5 or 6.  HAO changed a lot since then,
        and i think it not reasonable for you to think that new-HAO is also
        OKed automaticalliy.

itojun
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