From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13443] New: Scope 1 in multicast addresses in IPV6 should be node local Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:40:31 -0700 Message-ID: <20090603144031.2945f24d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, aviad.yehezkel5@gmail.com To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:58748 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753097AbZFCVkb (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:40:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:06:29 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13443 > > Summary: Scope 1 in multicast addresses in IPV6 should be node > local > Product: Networking > Version: 2.5 > Kernel Version: 2.6.27 > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: IPV6 > AssignedTo: yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org > ReportedBy: aviad.yehezkel5@gmail.com > Regression: No > > > I think scope 1 in multicast addresses in IPV6 should be node local (according > to all the documentation + rfc I found on the web) and therefore pkt's with > such destination address should not go on the wire. > When I try to send a udp pkt with sock_dgram to such ipv6 address with scope 1 > I see the pkt is going on the wire and I can catch it on the other side by > joining this multicast address.