On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 03:54:48PM -0700, Dow Street wrote:
> I think the new draft is too extreme in its mitigation approach, and
> would favor the "disable by default" option instead.

I think the new draft is too soft in it's mitigation approach, and would
favour language that more strongly encourages filtering rthdr0 on the
forwarding path for all routers.


> In this case, disabling by default  and filtering when RH0 is turned
> on allows for careful investigation  and experimentation of different
> use models.

We've had decades to carefully investigate and expermient with different
use models for loose source routing, and the only compelling ones we've
discovered are malicious attacks.

-Ryan

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