From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki Subject: Re: [IPv6] interface-local multicast escapes the local node Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:41:12 +0900 Message-ID: <5113CB18.1080300@linux-ipv6.org> References: <20130206084949.GA11193@eerihug-hybrid.ki.sw.ericsson.se> <20130206121248.GC10290@order.stressinduktion.org> <20130206130739.GA1305@eerihug-hybrid.ki.sw.ericsson.se> <20130206134950.GD10290@order.stressinduktion.org> <51127781.2000504@linux-ipv6.org> <20130206160409.GB18040@order.stressinduktion.org> <51128985.2010701@linux-ipv6.org> <20130207010010.GD19537@order.stressinduktion.org> <20130207072857.GA27969@eerihug-hybrid.ki.sw.ericsson.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki To: Erik Hugne Return-path: Received: from 94.43.138.210.xn.2iij.net ([210.138.43.94]:45000 "EHLO mail.st-paulia.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753869Ab3BGPlU (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2013 10:41:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20130207072857.GA27969@eerihug-hybrid.ki.sw.ericsson.se> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Erik Hugne wrote: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 02:00:10AM +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: >> RFC4541 3. IPv6 Considerations: >> >> MLD messages are also not sent regarding groups with addresses in the >> range FF00::/15 (which encompasses both the reserved FF00::/16 and >> node-local FF01::/16 IPv6 address spaces). These addresses should >> never appear in packets on the link. >> >> It gives a strong indication that we should drop these packets. What do you >> think? > > That was my understanding aswell. I asked for some clarifications on the ietf list: > > > The key is that the packets should be dropped without generating > > any errors or traffic. > Yep, you are right - I assumed that implicitly, but > I should have mentioned that explicitly :-) > > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6/current/msg17126.html Please file errata on RFC4291. Thanks. --yoshfuji