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Re: [v6ops] Windows 10 doesn't honour 'M' flag in RA

Erik Kline <ek@google.com> Tue, 12 December 2017 07:26 UTC

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From: Erik Kline <ek@google.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:25:54 +0900
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Windows 10 doesn't honour 'M' flag in RA
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What does it really mean, to "honour the 'M' flag"?  Those bits are
advisory /at best/.

On 12 December 2017 at 16:20, Naveen Kottapalli <naveen.sarma@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In our recent testing, we observed that Windows 10 doesn't honour 'M' flag
> in RA.  It's not just Windows 10, same behaviour is observed with latest Mac
> OS as well.  Is there any specification reference to support this?
>
> Your valuable input is highly appreciated.
>
> Yours,
> Naveen.
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