On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 12:08:28PM -0400, James Carlson wrote:
> On 04/16/10 11:35, [email protected] wrote:
> > should deal with forwarded packets. Since the hostmodel feature (and
> > esp the strong version and its variants) by its very name is not
> > intended for use for routing/forwarding, and, due to various post-IPDR
> > implementation details, the proposed changes will in fact naturally not
> > be involved in the forwarding path, so I don't believe there are any
> > outstanding issues for the ARC review at this point.
> 
> I'm quite uncomfortable with that for the same reason that I'm always
> uncomfortable with host-versus-router distinctions: they always seem far
> too arbitrary to me.  That applies in this case -- I don't think
> "hostmodel" is really the right label to apply and that the underlying
> behavior is hazardous to use.

I agree that if there's any way to apply the strong host multi-homed
model in such a way that it does not result in routing loops when the
host is actually _also_ a router, that'd be a good thing.

> But I also know when I'm failing to make progress, so if you're
> comfortable with this, then drive on.  It'll just be unusable for me.

I don't see why we actually need the strong host multi-homed model +
router functionality at the same time in any of our products, so I think
Sowmini is on solid ground.

Nico
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