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Re: [v6ops] [IPv6] Why folks are blocking IPv6 extension headers? (Episode 1000 and counting) (Linux DoS)

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Wed, 17 May 2023 23:30 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 19:29:49 -0400
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] [IPv6] Why folks are blocking IPv6 extension headers? (Episode 1000 and counting) (Linux DoS)
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On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 2:57 PM Tom Herbert <tom=
40herbertland.com@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote:

> Do all this, and I think you might be able to claim to have a secure
> network connected to the Internet :-)


Why, so can I, or so can any person;
But will they come, when you do call for them?

(I realize the quote doesn't exactly match, but hopefully you get the
point. This is a rejoinder to the statement "I can summon spirits from the
vasty deep," which seems equivalently chutzpahdig.)

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