-----Original Message----- From: TJ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:17 PM To: IPv6 WG Subject: RE: New Routing Header!!!
>> So why don't ISPs simply filter out any RH0 traffic >> from their edge gateways, and leave it at that? > > Rough guess - ISPs don't like the prospect of having to > look at/for ext hdrs of every packet ... Granted, although at edges only. Thing is, the genie is out of that bottle already. Words in an RFC can't provide protection against RH0 DOS attacks, or any other future attack permitted today by some other unknown mechanism. Bert -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
