Hi Tony,
The stream is not amplified, it is still a single stream, and it is only one packet at a time that has to wait for reception before being reflected back. The total traffic volume over a given path may be higher, but this is not a multiplication of the number of streams.
The packets are not replicated and as you said the amount of traffic between the link is amplified. It seems to be clearly stated in the dictionary.
Amplify = to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity) . http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/amplify
So fix it by restricting the number of waypoints. Killing it only prevents valid uses.
I have added a draft that puts in checks to reduce such traffic amplification, for exactly the purpose you state. Thanks, Vishwas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
