Re: [IPv6] [v6ops] Why folks are blocking IPv 6 extension headers? (Episode 1000 and counting) (Linux DoS)

Fernando Gont <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.opsec,gmane.ietf.v6ops,gmane.ietf.ipv6
Message-ID <[email protected]>

On 26/5/23 23:37, Tom Herbert wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 1:44 PM Fernando Gont <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26/5/23 18:01, Tom Herbert wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 8:12 AM Fernando Gont <[email protected]> wrote:
>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> That said, I'm not that fine if invited to a party where, if anything, I
>>>> will only pay the bills. So, I block everything that I don't use. e.g.,
>>>> I have no use for EHs in any of my servers, except the pentesting boxes
>>>> that I use to send weird packets to others.
>>>
>>> Fernando,
>>>
>>> If you're making that decision as the operator of a public network
>>> then you are not making that decision for yourself, but you're making
>>
>> RFC9098.
>>
>>> a "big brother" decision for others and preventing permissionless
>>> innovation as Brian stated nicely. I don't believe it could be claimed
>>> that this is for "the good of the Internet".
>>
>> Companies are run to make money, not for the good of the Internet.
> 
> And IETF exists for the good of the Internet and the world's
> population, not so your company can make money!

Not sure I follow.

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