Re: [v6ops] why IPv6 EHs in the Real World

[Joe Touch <[e-mail]>]

On 3/27/2015 8:22 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>>> I understand the security risk, I think; that’s discussed in RFC
>>> 5095. I’ll note, however, that the RFC doesn’t address “routing
>>> headers”; it addresses “routing headers of type 0”. The Segment
>>> Routing header is a Routing Header, and trashing all Segment
>>> Routing traffic because we have an issue with RH0 traffic seems a
>>> trifle extreme.
>
> This is laid out precisely in RFC 7045*, so you can tell any operator
> that trashes all RH packets that they are in violation and the protocol
> police are very angry with them.
> 
>     Brian

While I appreciate that screaming to operators isn't going to do much,
we need to find a way to encourage the operators to *ask for their money
back* from vendors who claim support for IPv6 but don't actually support
IPv6.

That's the lever we should find a way to pull.

Joe