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From: Nick Hilliard <nick@inex•ie>
To: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6•org>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta•com>,
	davem@davemloft•net, Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore•fi>,
	netdev@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] IPv6: Generic TTL Security Mechanism (original version)
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:06:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4BBA34A9.6080802@inex.ie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4BB96B9A.3000203@linux-ipv6.org>

On 05/04/2010 05:48, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> I am for 1/3 (original), not for 2/3, 3/3.
>
> Because we should allow users to set respective value
> for IPv4 and IPv6, as we allow users to do so for TTL
> and hoplimit itself.

<non-linux-user>

I concur.  ipv4 mapped addresses need special handling in lots of cases, 
and I don't believe that patch 2/3 adds anything here - except possibly 
confusion.

Regarding case 3/3, ipv4 and ipv6 are separate protocols.  Treating them 
as the same from the setsockopt() point of view is a clear case of the 
Wrong Thing.

</non-linux-user>

Case 1/3 is IMO a better approach.  It satisfies both KISS (keep it 
simple...) and POLA (principle of least astonishment).

Nick

  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-05 19:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-03 23:21 [PATCH 0/3] GTSM support for IPv6 three alternatives Stephen Hemminger
2010-04-03 23:21 ` [PATCH 1/3] IPv6: Generic TTL Security Mechanism (original version) Stephen Hemminger
2010-04-05  4:48   ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
2010-04-05 19:06     ` Nick Hilliard [this message]
2010-04-22 16:23   ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-04-22 21:38     ` David Miller
2010-04-22 22:18       ` [PATCH] IPv6: Generic TTL Security Mechanism (final version) Stephen Hemminger
2010-04-22 22:27         ` David Miller
2010-04-03 23:21 ` [PATCH 2/3] IPv6: Generic TTL Security Mechanism (alternate version) Stephen Hemminger
2010-04-03 23:21 ` [PATCH 3/3] IPv6: Generic TTL Security Mechanism (unified version) Stephen Hemminger

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