Re: [802.1] Re: [LinkSec] IETF PANA
Alper,
If PANA messages are L3 messages, and if a multicast MAC address is
used, then it should be either the broadcast MAC address, or a multicast
MAC address meaning, "all those endstations that understand PANA." That
multicast MAC address can be assigned by the IETF, and would presumably
use the IETF OUI. Either way, the multicast bit in the destination MAC
address would prevent the packet from being forwarded by a router.
Using a MAC address from the bridge BPDU set would be completely
inappropriate, as the bridges should be transparent to an L3 protocol.
What destination MAC address is used?
-- Norm (a long time in 802.1) Finn
Alper Yegin wrote:
>
> The destination MAC address of the PANA messages are always unicast, except
> for the initial discovery message (rightfully).