netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13443] New: Scope 1 in multicast addresses in IPV6 should be node local

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Message-Id: <20090603144031.2945f24d.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:40:31 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, aviad.yehezkel5@...il.com
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 13443] New: Scope 1 in multicast addresses in
 IPV6 should be node local


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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:06:29 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13443
> 
>            Summary: Scope 1 in multicast addresses in IPV6 should be node
>                     local
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.27
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: IPV6
>         AssignedTo: yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
>         ReportedBy: aviad.yehezkel5@...il.com
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> I think scope 1 in multicast addresses in IPV6 should be node local (according
> to all the documentation + rfc I found on the web) and therefore pkt's with
> such destination address should not go on the wire.
> When I try to send a udp pkt with sock_dgram to such ipv6 address with scope 1
> I see the pkt is going on the wire and I can catch it on the other side by
> joining this multicast address.

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