Re: [v6ops] Some stats on IPv6 fragments and EH filtering on the Internet

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Thu, 07 November 2013 19:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Some stats on IPv6 fragments and EH filtering on the Internet
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Le 2013-11-07 11:05, joel jaeggli a écrit :
>>>> if you use one of these in the Internet core I cannot see any other choice than to
>>>> allow forwarding of fragments.
>>>
>>> no, drop!  Because otherwise your infrastructure is wide open to control
>>> plane attacks with ipv6 frags, with no means of defence!  If that happens,
>>> then your entire network falls over.
>>
>> why don't you filter out packets on the edge destined to your router's addresses?
>> instead of what's effectively breaking IPv6 service across the network.
>
> my routers actually do process unsolicited packets from from the internet (icmp echo for example, packets of any variety with a ttl of 1) and do need the control plane acl that reflects that.

Why is passing ICMP echos to the CP acceptable, and passing fragments to 
the CP is not acceptable?

Simon
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