Ron,

> On Dec 1, 2019, at 2:47 PM, Ron Bonica <rbon...@juniper.net> wrote:
> 
> Mark, Bob,
> 
> Yes, I agree that routers should not forward packets with link local source 
> addresses.

or Destination addresses.

> 
> Pablo,
> 
> Maybe we should update section 4.2 of the network programming draft to 
> reflect this?

I was thinking that unless network programming has text that might cause one to 
think it overrides the defined behavior from rfc4291 for link-local addresses, 
I am not sure it has to be mentioned.

Bob


> 
>                                                                  Ron
> 
> 
> From: Mark Smith <markzzzsm...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2019 5:31 PM
> To: Bob Hinden <bob.hin...@gmail.com>
> Cc: Ron Bonica <rbon...@juniper.net>; SPRING WG <spring@ietf.org>
> Subject: Re: [spring] SRv6 Network Programming and Link Local Source Addresses
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, 08:35 Bob Hinden, <bob.hin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ron,
> 
> > On Nov 30, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Ron Bonica 
> > <rbonica=40juniper....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:
> >
> > Pablo,
> >
> >
> >
> > Consider the packet (SA,DA) (S3, S2, S1; SL) where:
> >
> >
> >
> >       • SA is link-local (fe80)
> >       • DA, S3, S2, and S1 are all END.X
> >
> >
> > Section 4.2 suggests that this packet will be delivered over multiple hops 
> > to its destination, regardless of its link-local source address.
> 
> I would think that RFC2460 Section 2.5.6. "Link-Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses” 
> covers this:
> 
>    Link-Local addresses are for use on a single link.  Link-Local
>    addresses have the following format:
> 
>    |   10     |
>    |  bits    |         54 bits         |          64 bits           |
>    +----------+-------------------------+----------------------------+
>    |1111111010|           0             |       interface ID         |
>    +----------+-------------------------+----------------------------+
> 
>    Link-Local addresses are designed to be used for addressing on a
>    single link for purposes such as automatic address configuration,
>    neighbor discovery, or when no routers are present.
> 
>    Routers must not forward any packets with Link-Local source or
>    destination addresses to other links.
> 
> I think that's RFC4291.
> 
> RFC4007, "IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture" does too, more generally and 
> probably more formally, in particular section 9, "Forwarding".
> 
> Regards,
> Mark.
> 
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this the case?
> >
> >
> >
> >                                                              Ron
> >
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