Re: [ssm] what to say about scoping for v6 [was ...last call...]

[Brian Haberman <bkhabs@nc.rr.com>]

Hugh Holbrook wrote:
>>However, I'd like a statement in the security considerations, perhaps 
>>along the lines of:
>>
>>One should note that the use of IPv6 scoped addresses either in S or G may
>>cause significant complexities, for example regarding mismatching scopes
>>between S and G or regarding forwarding decisions for a scoped (S,G).  
>>The implications of scoped addresses are described in other documents
>>[REF:SCOPED-ARCH]
> 
> 
> Isn't the scoping behavior simply that the most restrictive (smallest)
> scope applies.  A packet is forwarded neither across a source-scope
> boundary nor across a destination-scope boundary.  Unless I'm missing
> something, this actually sounds rather uncomplicated to me.  Is there
> something that makes this tricky?

Not that I am aware of.

> 
> Is there something about this that makes it a Security Considerations
> issue?

I don't see a huge need for it.  Especially since it affects all
forwarding of scoped addresses, not just multicast.

Brian

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