> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Xuxiaohu
> 发送时间: 2013年11月27日 9:47
> 收件人: 'Thomas Narten'; [email protected]
> 主题: 答复: [nvo3] TTL handling in an L3 service
> 
> 
> 
> > -----邮件原件-----
> > 发件人: nvo3 [mailto:[email protected]] 代表 Thomas Narten
> > 发送时间: 2013年11月27日 0:58
> > 收件人: [email protected]
> > 主题: [nvo3] TTL handling in an L3 service
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > In precisely defining L3 service, one question that comes up is how is
> > the TTL treated. That is, say NVO3 provides L3 VN service to a TS.
> > When TSes on the VN communicate with each other, they are always using
> > IP. What happens to the TTL in such packets?
> >
> > I see several choices:
> >
> > a) do not decrement the TTL at all. Treat the TSes as if they were directly
> >    attached to each other (i.e., on the same link)
> >
> > b) Decrement by 1...
> >
> > c) Decrement by some random amount.. :-)
> >
> > Some protocols may care about TTL handling. IPv6 Neighbor Discovery,
> > for example, requires that ND packets be dropped if they are received
> > with a TTL other than 255 (i.e., they'd require choice a). I think
> > some other routing protocols do the same (as a way to ignore packets from
> offlink "attackers").
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> I think it's worthwhile to discuss the TTL handling issue associated with L3
> service or L3 overlay. However, the above example (i.e., ND) is not accurate
> since it seems no need to transport the ND messages across a Layer3 overlay.

In addition, I can't imagine a scenario where routing protocol messages need to 
be transported across a Layer3 overlay as well in the NVO3 context.

Xiaohu

> Best regards,
> Xiaohu
> 
> > What do tenants of an L3 service expect? Do they care (other than in
> > cases like ND)?
> >
> > Can we just define L3 service as saying the TTL of tenant packets are
> > not modified by NVO3?
> >
> > Any advice from L3 service providers that already provide such services
> today?
> >
> > Thomas
> >
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