Re: [v6ops] [EXTERNAL] Re: [IPv6] Why folks are blocking IPv6 extension headers? (Episode 1000 and counting) (Linux DoS)
Ole Troan <[email protected]>
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> A well-implemented host will not be troubled by unkown extension headers or options. > > Indeed. However, not all hosts are well-implemented. "Not be troubled by” == “drop”? I don’t agree that a well-implemented host and application should blindly accept any and all extension headers. If my application cannot use those extension headers why do you send them to me? If they are purely for the use in the network, then again why do you expose them to the application? If you can give some practical examples where it’s beneficial to “process” unknown extension headers by hosts/applications, then this may be a little easier to reason over. O. _______________________________________________ OPSEC mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsec