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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:31:56 +0900 (JST)
From:      Koga Youichirou <y-koga@jp.FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:03.ipv6
Message-ID:  <20070427.143156.87001849.y-koga@jp.FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200704262349.l3QNnmro085350@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200704262349.l3QNnmro085350@freefall.freebsd.org>

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> FreeBSD-SA-07:03.ipv6                                       Security Advisory
>                                                           The FreeBSD Project
> 
> Topic:          IPv6 Routing Header 0 is dangerous
- snip -
> I.   Background
> 
> IPv6 provides a routing header option which allows a packet sender to
> indicate how the packet should be routed, overriding the routing knowledge
> present in a network.  This functionality is roughly equivalent to the
> "source routing" option in IPv4.  All nodes in an IPv6 network -- both
> routers and hosts -- are required by RFC 2640 to process such headers.

s/RFC 2640/RFC 2460/

Regards,

-- Koga, Youichirou



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