On Jun 13, 2013 1:18 AM, "Randy Bush" <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > > > FWIW, I don't think anyone has proposed "if the chain is larger than X, > > then drop". > > i am saying that i am telling my neighbor that, if the header length is > larger than X, it is likely that their packet will not propagate. it's > an ops bcp statement, not a statement of ipv6 protocol definition. > > same as telling them that a bgp announcement of a prefix longer than a > /24 likely will not propagete. > > today, real routers really do drop packets with headers longer than > various limits. as an op, i am trying to remove the surpeise in the > 'various'. > > randy >
Randy, is it more helpful to document well known and acceptable permutations rather x number of bytes? In the end, byte guidance provides a cap on what is possible but does not help the world understand what is rational and acceptable and what is likely to reach its destination CB _______________________________________________ > Int-area mailing list > int-a...@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/int-area
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