On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:16:49AM +0900, JINMEI Tatuya / [EMAIL
PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote:
> I believe we should rather return an ICMPv6 error. Even if we decide
> to deprecate type0 RH, there will be many non-updated systems for a
> certain period of time. Since there is at least one know popular (but
> non-attacking) usage of RH0, i.e., probing 'return path' by
> traceroute, we'll still see non-attacking packets containing RH0. It
> would be better to notice such innocent but not just well-informed
> users explicitly, rather than simply dropping the packet.
I buy this argument in favour of returning an error. I guess that
means we should select an error type which is usefully displayed
by (some/most/all?) versions of traceroute6?
David.
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