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Re: OSPFv3 fwd'ing address

Paul Jakma <paul@CLUBI.IE> Sat, 06 August 2005 14:42 UTC

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From: Paul Jakma <paul@CLUBI.IE>
Subject: Re: OSPFv3 fwd'ing address
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Hi,

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Mike Fox wrote:

> specify a forwarding address to use on that route, with the 
> restrictions that it can't be a link-local address and it has to be 
> an address or prefix that is routable in the OSPF domain.

Which seem like quite reasonable restrictions really.

And definitely far more reasonable than mandating the sucking up of 
details of global->LL address resolution and/or neighbour discovery 
into OSPF.

> Mike

regards,
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