I am still not clear on this because I didn't receive
any more replies ...
What do you do in the case where the host is multihomed?
Which interface do you use to send the packets?
I think it introduces more issues than what I think it tries
to resolve.
Please help me clarify this.
-- Qing
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Qing Li
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:05 PM
> To: Thomas Narten
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: question on next-hop determination
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>
> >
> > > In RFC2461, section 5.2, paragraph 2, the last
> > > sentence is "If the Default Router List is empty,
> > > the sender assumes that the destination is on-link."
> >
> > > Why should the destination be considered on-link ??
> >
> > Its a last resort. I.e., assuming on-link may be a better as the final
> > last step compared with just giving up.
> >
>
> I think the sending host should just drop the packet when the
> destination is not covered in its prefix list and there is
> no default route installed. Otherwise IMHO this last attempt
> would lead to erroneous packet generation, and allows
> misconfigured host or host running a buggy implementation to
> continue with bad behavior.
>
> Also the code put in to supporting this looks and feels
> like hacks.
>
> Could you please describe a scenario in which such a situation
> might occur, and it makes sense to make this final attempt ??
>
>
> -- Qing
>
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