Agreed. Anyone wanting to do this is not connected with actual operations and should be questioned as to what the operational requirements are. Accepting and sending redirects also opens up dos vectors to devices when implemented poorly.
Jared Mauch On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: >>>> It probably depend on what kind of router.. If you only have point >>>> to point link, what is the value of mandating to implement >>>> redirects? >>> I've yet to see a router that only implements point-to-point >>> interfaces. >> It seems that those days, most (if not all) links in service provider >> networks are point to point. > > there are the occasional rare shared uses at exchange points. > >> You find ethernet shared access mostly in leaf networks, such as home >> or enterprises. > > yep. > > the point is, do not put in requirements that make difficult or break > normal operations. > > randy > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
