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Re: NIST IPv6 document


From: Tim Chown <tjc () ecs soton ac uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:56:26 +0000


On 7 Jan 2011, at 15:12, Justin M. Streiner wrote:

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Jeff Wheeler wrote:

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
1.      Block packets destined for your point-to-point links at your
       borders. There's no legitimate reason someone should be

Most networks do not do this today.  Whether or not that is wise is
questionable, but I don't think those networks want NDP to be the
reason they choose to make this change.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't blocking all traffic destined for your infrastructure at the borders also play 
havoc with PTMUD?  Limiting the traffic allowed to just the necessary types would seem like a reasonable alternative.

Recommendations for PTMUD-friendly filtering are described in RFC 4890.

Tim

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