netdev - Re: [PATCH] sit: 6to4: honour routing table

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Date:	Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:37:08 +0200
From:	Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
To:	Sascha Hlusiak <contact@...chahlusiak.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sit: 6to4: honour routing table


On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:47:52 +0200, Sascha Hlusiak
<contact@...chahlusiak.de> wrote:
> Using only the actual destination address to determine the IPv4 target in
> try_6to4(&iph6->daddr) seems wrong to me and breaks, if a 6to4 address is
> the next-hop, like ::192.88.99.1 written as 6to4:
> 
> default via 2002:c058:6301:: dev 6to4
> 
> A package to 2001:: would fall through the try_6to4 check to the
> IPv4-compat check and die there.

I don't understand what you're trying to fix. For a 6to4 tunnel, this has
always worked fine for me, as far as I remember:
default via ::192.88.99.1 dev 6to4

> This patch makes try_6to4 use the address of the Next-Hop instead,
> respecting
> the routing table. Users are encouraged to have a route 2002::/16 to the
> tunnel device anyway, making all other 6to4 hosts direct neighbours.

And where exactly is that "encouragement" coming from?

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont

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