NAME

hostRecvRs - Verifying that NS has no effect on a host's neighbor cache entry

TARGET

Host

SYNOPSIS

  hostRecvRs.seq [-tooloption ...] -p hostRecvRs.def

INITIALIZATION

  Clear a neighbor cache entry for TN.

TEST PROCEDURE

hostRecvRs verifies that NS has no effect on a host's neighbor cache entry.

  TN               NUT
  ----------------------
  State: No neighbor cache entry (for TN)


  ==== RS ===>
       valid RS:
           src=TN's link-local
           dst=all-router
           w/ SLLA
       invalid RS:


  Judgment: Examining NUT's neighbor cache state

JUDGMENT


  1. A host must silently discard any received RS messages.
  ===============================================+===========================
  RS sent by TN                                  | NUT's Neighbor Cache
                                                 | Entry State
  ---------------------+--------------+----------+--------+------------------
  Destination          | SLLA         | Validity | Current | New
  =====================+==============+==========+========+==================
  all-router           | TN's LLA     | valid    | none   | unchanged
  ---------------------+--------------+----------+--------+------------------
  all-node             | TN's LLA     | invalid  | none   | unchanged
  ---------------------+--------------+----------+--------+------------------
  NUT's link-local     | TN's LLA     | invalid  | none   | unchanged
  =====================+==============+==========+========+==================

TERMINATION

N/A

NOTE

  The test does not invoke any remote command.

REFERENCE

RFC2461

6.2.6.  Processing Router Solicitations

   A host MUST silently discard any received Router Solicitation
   messages.