Radv proto sending adverts on wrong interface

Juliusz Chroboczek jch at irif.fr
Sun Mar 12 14:52:26 CET 2023


> The field sin6_scope_id should be used only for link-local addresses (to
> define their scope), not as a way to route multicasts.
> 
> (Hmm, ff02::/16 is defined as link-local multicast address, so perhaps
> setting sin6_scope_id makes sense.)

FWIW, babeld uses the sin6_scope_id when sending its multicast packets (it
does not do the setsockopt), and we've never received a report about
packets going out the wrong interface.

-- Juliusz


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