> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeroen Massar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Arnaud Ebalard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >> Can you please give me in one or two sentences (i.e. > >> little effort) the specific purpose/use those people have. > >> This is the only thing i keep asking for on the list and > >> no one has still answered with specific use. > > > > Testing paths between routers that would otherwise be unused in the > > current topology, creating separate paths between dual-homed hosts > > connected redundantly to a single network infrastructure, routing > > certain types of signals on separate paths from other types > of signal > > (e.g. multimedia streams routed differently from text or file > > transfers). > > On your "own" (thus in some way controlled by you) network, or on the > public Internet where you have totally no control over those networks, > and mostly you will not get control as those ASN's are somebody elses?
Definitely on my "own" network. That's what I was alluding to previously, when I said that not all uses of IPv6 are for ISP networks, and that therefore the tool kit available should not be aimed exclusively to ISP-relevant tools. > If your own, then the security question becomes lighter as a > special tag > could be added to packets whereby routers know that these > packets should > be allowed to do these tricks, otherwise it won't work as you > don't own > those people's routers. In principle, I agree with you perhaps. In practice, these RH0 nodes are already out there. > And is this being really used or only for research/testing? [y/n] Both. I don't think the discussion should devolve into one of arguing on the merits of specific implementations of source routing. IMO, it exists today, there are legitimate uses for it (even if not on the public Internet), so now the only discussion should be how best to keep it from doing harm in newtworks where it can do harm. No different from other examples I gave, such as directed broadcast and TELNET, neither of which has been deprecated. Bert -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
