At Fri, 11 May 2007 14:16:41 +0200, Guillaume Valadon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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. > > Except some custom-made traceroute6 and KAME's implementation, I am > not aware of such usage of RH0. What I mean here, is that deprecating > RH0 won't harm anyone (except some reasearchers). > Discovering the 'return path' is a really cool feature, but the > discussions during the last weeks proved that RH0 is not the right > solution. Its benefit is too small comparing to the problem related > to RH0. > > Deprecating RH0 seems to be the only reasonable choice. I do not get > why some people want a 'disable by default' solution to this problem. > Do we need to explain one more time why RH0 MUST NOT be turned on ? You missed my point (I didn't advocate not deprecating RH0). Please reread my message. JINMEI, Tatuya Communication Platform Lab. Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------