Bug 1884 – ICMPv6 does not check if the source address is "compatible" when issuing a reply

Bug 1884 - ICMPv6 does not check if the source address is "compatible" when issuing a reply


Summary:	ICMPv6 does not check if the source address is "compatible" when issuing a reply

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Product:	ns-3
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	ipv6
Version:	ns-3-dev
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P5 enhancement
Assigned To:	Tommaso Pecorella

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Reported:	2014-03-17 02:48 UTC by Tommaso Pecorella
Modified:	2014-04-12 16:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Tommaso Pecorella 2014-03-17 02:48:46 UTC

In other terms: you can ping a global address from a link-local address and you'll receive an Echo Reply.

I'm not 100% sure that this is legal. I'm fairly sure it isn't, indeed.

Comment 1 Tommaso Pecorella 2014-04-12 16:23:53 UTC

RFC 4443 doesn't say anything about it.
As a consequence, I have to assume that this behaviour is not forbidden.