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Hi Michael,

On 06.02.2013 19:23, Michael Richardson wrote:
>>>>>> "TM" == TM  <Bless> writes:
>>> RFC4291 is clear that packets destined to ff01::/16 must never 
>>> leave the local node, but what should be done if such packets
>>> are received as a result from a broken implementation on the
>>> other side?
> 
> TM> "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you 
> TM> send", Since the sending node obviously violated the 2nd part
> of TM> Jon Postel's robustness principle, it should be ignored and 
> TM> dropped by the receiving system.  Moreover, report the failure
> 
> The key is that the packets should be dropped without generating
> any errors or traffic.

Yep, you are right - I assumed that implicitly, but
I should have mentioned that explicitly :-)

Regards,
 Roland

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