Subject: ICMPv3: Message Source Address Determination..

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:54:23 -0500

Hi All,

[Please express your opinion.  It is needed to make
the informed decision.]

Pekka raised a concern about the usability of one of the
methods (section 2.2 (c)) to select the source address 
of the ICMPv3 packet.  I want to know if anyone has 
implemented it ?  or how useful and practical this 
method is in your opinion ?

The decision that I want to make is to whether we should
keep it in the draft or remove it.

Here is the text for quick reference.
====================================================
(c) If the message is a response to a message sent to 
    an address that does not belong to the node, the 
    Source Address should be that unicast address 
    belonging to the node that will be most helpful 
    in diagnosing the error. For example, if the message
    is a response to a packet forwarding action that 
    cannot complete successfully, the Source Address 
    should be a unicast address belonging to the 
    interface on which the packet forwarding failed.
====================================================

and here is the link to the current draft for quick 
reference.
http://ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipngwg-icmp-v3-03.txt

Comments would be highly appreciated.

Regards
Mukesh

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