netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Add sysctl for minimum prefix len acceptable in RIOs.

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:13:51 +0900
From:   Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
To:     Joel Scherpelz <jscherpelz@...gle.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Erik Kline <ek@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Add sysctl for minimum prefix len
 acceptable in RIOs.

On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:19 PM, Joel Scherpelz <jscherpelz@...gle.com> wrote:
> It is useful to prevent misconfigurations from
> unintentionally blackholing too much of the IPv6 address space
> (e.g., home routers announcing RIOs for fc00::/7, which is
> incorrect).
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Scherpelz <jscherpelz@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>