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Date:      Tue, 01 May 2007 12:15:21 -0700
From:      "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
To:        Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
Cc:        "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@FreeBSD.org>, Darren Reed <darrenr@hub.freebsd.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet6 in6.h in6_proto.c route6.c 
Message-ID:  <20070501191521.CF83F45076@ptavv.es.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 01 May 2007 15:26:20 BST." <861wi0mxgz.wl%rpaulo@fnop.net> 

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> Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 15:26:20 +0100
> From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
> Sender: owner-cvs-all@freebsd.org
> 
> At Tue, 1 May 2007 04:33:19 +0000,
> Darren Reed wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 11:42:42AM +0000, George V. Neville-Neil wrote:
> > > gnn         2007-04-24 11:42:42 UTC
> > > 
> > >   FreeBSD src repository
> > > 
> > >   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_6)
> > >     sys/netinet6         in6.h in6_proto.c route6.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Add a new sysctl net.inet.ip6.rthdr0_allowed, which is default off,
> > >   to disable the processing of Route Header Type 0 options in IPv6.
> > >   This is not really an MFC because currently in HEAD the processing
> > >   of these options is disabled unilateraly pending discussion at the IETF
> > >   on the future of such headers.
> > 
> > Given this direction came from the IETF, is there an internet draft
> > or RFC or BCP that discusses or summarises this?
> 
> No, I don't think there is one yet.

While it may take a while to get out an RFC, you can read the reasons
for this change. It is the result of a presentation at CanSecWest on
April 18 by Biondi and Ebalard. The PDF is available at:
http://www.secdev.org/conf/IPv6_RH_security-csw07.pdf
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