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Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header
From: Fernando Gont <fernando () gont com ar>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:12:02 -0300
At 03:44 a.m. 26/06/2008, Randy Bush wrote:
source routing is still requested and sometimes mandated at inter-as borders. for the reasons deepak stated. note that this does not expose any vulnerability. source routing is only dangerous to hosts.
Well, it can be used as an amplification mechanism for bandwidth consuption attacks (although it is not as effective as the Type 0 Routing header of v6, because of the limited space in the v4 header).
Thanks! Kind regards, -- Fernando Gont e-mail: fernando () gont com ar || fgont () acm org PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1
Current thread:
- IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Fernando Gont (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Joe Abley (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Deepak Jain (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Fernando Gont (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Joe Abley (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Randy Bush (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Fernando Gont (Jun 29)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Fernando Gont (Jun 25)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Sam Stickland (Jun 30)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header John Osmon (Jun 30)
- Re: IPv4 source routing options and IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header Joel Jaeggli (Jun 25)