[e2e] It's all my fault

[Damien Miller]

On Mon, 14 May 2007, David P. Reed wrote:

> Joe Touch wrote:
> > Discussions of the issues is, as always, welcome.
> >   
> No problem.   I am eager to discuss the basic rationale fo9r removing an
> end-to-end capability from users to enhance the value of the network for
> applications.  It should not be based on claims of harm that are
> unsubstantiated and unsubstantiatable.
> 
> A factor of 80 in harm due to RH0 is baldly asserted.   I'd like to see data,
> or a proof, or even a technical argument.  If someone could point us to such a
> measurement of harm - in particular actual demonstrated harm, rather than fear
> of harm - that would be great.

http://www.secdev.org/conf/IPv6_RH_security-csw07.pdf

It is a simple consequence of the fact that you can stuff over 40 address
pairs into a RH0, and each pair causes a round trip.

-d