Jeroen, On 06/12/2013 11:44 PM, Jeroen Massar wrote: >> with the exception of the HBH header, correct. I got tired of writing that >> each time I was repeating myself. >> the HBH is an issue to itself. expect those packets to be severely rate >> limited. > > I am wondering why.... if your box cannot handle any headers, just > forward the packet, decreasing the hopcount and that is just.
Well, the router is supposed to process the HBH header. And, for some options, if the option in question is not supported, the packet should be dropped -- i.e., you cannot just "ignore the hbh header" (at east in theory). > And if there is a HBH ever that a router should support, then only new > router will support it anyway. > > Disclaimer: this is the model that sixxsd (used for the SixXS PoPs) > does, and it seems to work like a charm; that is, no complaints yet ;) Probably because nobody uses such headers in practice ;-) Cheers, -- Fernando Gont e-mail: [email protected] || [email protected] PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
