> For stateful address config, since state is maintained it is unlikely that > the same address would be assigned to two different > interfaces. Isn't it?
I'm not sure this assumption is valid. Note that in DHCPv4, nodes are also supposed to see if someone else is already using the address before using. This is to prevent duplicate assignments that "aren't supposed to happen". Hence, checking to see if it is in use is a prudent safety measure. Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
