-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlESwwEACgkQ1YyfLd659kdpaACfai8zkguwd5YYIlD47K5j7CqJ Hl8An14AMH5Z4sWfjRNimZeEMYOaZXnn =fCgK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
