CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: flor...@cvs.openbsd.org 2020/08/08 01:42:31
Modified files:
share/man/man9 : mbuf.9
sys/netinet : ip_input.c
sys/netinet6 : ip6_input.c
Log message:
No longer prevent TCP connections to IPv6 anycast addresses.
RFC 4291 dropped this requirement from RFC 3513:
o An anycast address must not be used as the source address of an
IPv6 packet.
And from that requirement draft-itojun-ipv6-tcp-to-anycast rightly
concluded that TCP connections must be prevented.
The draft also states:
The proposed method MUST be removed when one of the following events
happens in the future:
o Restriction imposed on IPv6 anycast address is loosened, so that
anycast address can be placed into source address field of the IPv6
header[...]
OK jca
