> Now, if one were to "fix" getpeername(), accept() et. al. to return
> the true source of the IP datagram, the effect of accepting LSR and
> SSR might not be that great.

They _cannot tell_ the true source of the datagram.

To return to the terminology of the attack I posted, V cannot tell
whether the datagram that was source-routed through A1 came from T or
from A2.

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