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Re: draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc3330-for-ipv6-00.txt

To: Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc3330-for-ipv6-00.txt
From: Remi Denis-Courmont <rdenis@simphalempin.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 9:56:32 +0200
Cc: v6ops@ops.ietf.org
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:19:22 -0700 (PDT), Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 2) how ::/128 is different from ::/0? if they are different how a router

> would know looking at the packet?

Well, that would be pretty easy. If a router sees a packet whose destination is ::, it matches ::/128, otherwise it matches ::/0. Longest-prefix match first.

I think packets with :: as destination are invalid by the way, so it may make sense for a router to check it.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont

http://www.remlab.net/

References:
- draft-ietf-v6ops-rfc3330-for-ipv6-00.txt
  - From: Peter Sherbin <pesherb@yahoo.com>

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