Re: [PATCH|RFC] IPv6: have a proxy discard link-local traffic

[YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.58.0401272259160.28384@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (at Tue, 27 Jan 
2004 23:11:20 +0200 (EET)), Ville Nuorvala <vnuorval@xxxxxxxxxx> says:

> Dave, since even Pekka is now convinced this patch doesn't break anything,
:

> +     /* The proxying router can't forward traffic sent to a link-local
> +        address, so signal the sender and discard the packet. This
> +        behavior is required by the MIPv6 specification. */

Would you please clarify the word "can't" and its reasons?
won't? don't? or whatever?

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