RE: Notes about identifier - locator separator

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Christian Huitema wrote:

> The IPv6 architecture is pretty clear about that one: the only packets
> that a router is expected to process are those in which the first
> payload is a "per hop option", or those in which the destination address
> is one of the router's own addresses. All other payloads are supposedly
> end-to-end.

And there is an explicit "router alert" option to signal to routers they
should inspect the packet more closely.