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RE: SIP again

> > 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.
> 
> That is a correct argument, but is not enough.
> 
> The proper conclusion is that none of the IPv6 options are useful.
> 
> Per hop options are, undoubtedly, evil.
> 
> Others are end-to-end specific to each form of communication,
> which means they belong to not IP but transport layer.

Loose source routing belongs to the transport layer?

-- Christian Huitema