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Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:56:13 -0400
On 5/6/12, Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com> wrote:
Which way do *you* vote?
Hi Matthew, Cisco routers forward packets for 127.0.0.0/8 unless explicitly configured not to, treating it like any other unicast address. Linux load balancers require a special kernel patch to also use them as routers because the kernel authors failed to conceive of a situation where accepting an external packet with a source address matching a configured interface address was, in fact, a correct thing to do. I vote for the Cisco approach. It has occasionally quirky results but it's also flexible enough to handle situations the protocol designers didn't conceive of. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
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- What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Matthew Petach (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Daniel Roesen (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Mark Andrews (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Randy Bush (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Mark Andrews (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Chris Adams (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Randy Bush (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Jimmy Hess (May 06)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets William Herrin (May 07)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Bjoern A. Zeeb (May 07)
- Re: What is a link-local address?? WAS: Re: JUNOS forwards IPv6 link-local packets Jimmy Hess (May 07)