[j-nsp] Re : IPv6 Routing Headers

[Eli Dart]

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Pekka Savola wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Eli Dart wrote:
>> Just for the record, a loopback filter does not stop transit traffic,
>> even if the transit traffic is processed on the RE.  (I tested it today).
> 
> Which transit traffic is processed on the RE?  AFAICS, only those
> packets with hop-by-hop header and router-alert IP options (?). Packets
> with routing header shouldn't be processed by the RE unless the
> destination address is configured on the RE, right?

Right.  I thought your previous email said that all RH0 processing
occurred on the RE and so a lo0 filter ought to catch it all.

Sorry if I misinterpreted....

		--eli


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