Don't know about the sending host, but perhaps the next forwarding hop should send an ICMPv6 parameter problem message (RFC 2463, section 3.4) if it gets a packet with Hop Count = 0?
Trouble is, the original source of the IPv6 packet might be different than the previous hop which made the mistake forwarding the packet with Hop Count = 0. So, the ICMPv6 parameter problem message might be of little value to the original source.
Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alain Durand wrote:
I had this question yesterday and I couldn't find an answer in RFC2460:
Is it valid for a host to send a packet with Hop Count set to zero?
- Alain.
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