IPv6 Type 0 Routing Header issues

[Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino 2.0]

> >> and the BSDs need to do a bit of homework (should never forward  
> >> packets if
> >> ip6.forwarding is 0, and it's surprising that pf(4) can't filter  
> >> on RH0s).
> 
> > that is not a problem of the BSDs. That's a problem of the RFC, which
> > is speaking of 'node' and not 'router' in first place.
> 
> A bit late to the party, but...
> 
> How can the behavior where a HOST forwards a packet not be an  
> implementation problem?
> 
> I don't know what annoys me more, implementers who don't follow the  
> RFCs, substituting their own judgement for the IETF's, or  
> implementers that (claim to) follow the RFCs and end up doing  
> something that's clearly wrong without using their own judgement.

	well, read RFC2460 section 4.4 carefully.  all the references on
	who should handle routing header is made by NODES (= routers + hosts),
	not ROUTERS.

itojun