netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4/ipv6: check hop limit field on input

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2009 18:19:17 +0200
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@....6wind.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4/ipv6: check hop limit field on input

Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@....6wind.com> wrote:
> when network stack receives a packet, it didn't check value of ttl/hop 
> limit
> field. RFC indicates that a router must drop the packet if this field is 0.

Whats wrong with the checks in ip(6)_forward?
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