[c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

Gert Doering gert at greenie.muc.de
Fri Aug 28 09:21:31 EDT 2009


Hi,

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 02:39:31PM +0200, Grzegorz Janoszka wrote:
> >So you only *need* the link-local.
> 
> No, my routers do NOT send ra. I disable it as an incredibly insecure 
> mechanism.

What exactly is "incredibly insecure" in *sending* RAs?

I could understand if a host does not want to *receive* RAs, if the
network environment is not trusted and there is no SeND available yet.

gert

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