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Re: Requirements for IPv6 Firewalls


From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:20:20 -0400

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Simon Perreault <simon () per reau lt> wrote:
IMHO, what the IETF can do is recommend a set of behavioural traits that
make IPv6 firewalls behave like good citizens in the Internet ecosystem.
Meaning that a firewall that obeys those requirements will not break the
Internet. For example, passing ICMPv6 Too Big messages is important to
not break the Internet.

That would either be a very short document or a document so
ideologically loaded that it has no technical utility. The Internet is
pretty resilient. There isn't much a firewall can do to break it.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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