On 06/12/2013 10:49 PM, Joe Touch wrote: > FWIW, I wouldn't mind: > > - IPv6 *should* limit its header chains to (some reasonable limit) > > What I expect when that's not the case: > > - SOME packets get through, perhaps more slowly > - when the router can't keep up, it can drop the overload > > This isn't any different from many other things, e.g., when a router > can't keep up with IPv6 packets that overload an egress. > > However, anything that says "if the chain is >X, then drop" is broken, > period.
FWIW, I don't think anyone has proposed "if the chain is larger than X, then drop". We're just aiming at limiting the header chain length, *not* encouraging router to drop when the header chain exceeds that length. Cheers, -- Fernando Gont SI6 Networks e-mail: fg...@si6networks.com PGP Fingerprint: 6666 31C6 D484 63B2 8FB1 E3C4 AE25 0D55 1D4E 7492 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
