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5.2.4.1 IP Destination Address

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5.2.4.1 IP Destination Address

5.2.4.1 IP Destination Address

If:

then the next IP Destination Address is the address pointed at by the pointer in that option. If:

then the message is addressed to the system analyzing the message.

A router MUST use the IP Destination Address, not the Ultimate Destination Address (the last address in the source route option), when determining how to handle a packet.

It is an error for more than one source route option to appear in a datagram. If it receives such a datagram, it SHOULD discard the packet and reply with an ICMP Parameter Problem message whose pointer points at the beginning of the second source route option.


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