Re: [RRG] Are host-stack modifications allowed or disallowed ?

[Bengt Ahlgren <bengta@sics.se>]

"William Herrin" <bill@herrin.us> writes:

> Loose and strict source routing existed in IPv4 for a reason. There
> were some security issues, some performance issues and the network got
> wider than they could support but they weren't fundamentally a bad
> idea. Indeed, if loose source routing was still valid, our map-encap
> schemes might not need the encap part at all.

This is IMO an important point.  You can get the same function as a
tunnel, but without requiring the other end to decap.  In NIIA we call
it routing hint, but it has basically the same function.

Regards,

Bengt

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