Hi Suresh, thanks for your helpful response!
>> Hi all, >> >> I’m contacting you as I’ve a question regarding the Hop-by-Hop header >> option ‘Router Alert’ and its exact use. I hope I don't disturb you... >I am generally against any new proposal that uses hop by hop options >(including router alerts) since they could increase the processing loads >on >intermediate routers and could be used as a DoS vector, Okay, if you say that you're against any new proposal that uses hop by hop options combined with router alert, then it could be better to define a new hop-by-hop option, which is only recognized by certain router (regarding mobile ip these routers could be home agents). or you're generally against the using of the hop-by-hop header, regardless of the router alert is used or not? Thanks a lot Bernd -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
