My view is we are updating 2461 to remain DS and not breaking any architectural components as that would require and appeal once a spec is at DS which this one is. So idea is to update the spec for clarification, correctness, or extensions.
> Hi, > In section 4.2 of RFC 2461 regarding the RA message format > the following > is mentioned > > Reserved A 6-bit unused field. It MUST be initialized to > zero by the sender and MUST be ignored by the > receiver. > > The mobile-ipv6 draft draft-ietf-mobileip-ipv6-24.txt > mandates using the > most significant bit of this field as a home agent bit(will > be set to 1 if > the router is also a MIPv6 HA on this link). I do not know > what is the > best way to solve this apparent contradiction. I see the following > possible solutions (in no particular order) > > * Reduce the reserved field length in RFC2461bis to 5 bits This is the correct answer IMO. /jim > * Change the MUSTs to SHOULDs in RFC2461bis > * Put a note on RFC2461/RFC2461bis in the rfc-index saying it > has been > updated by the MIPv6 RFC(when it comes out) > > Regards > Suresh > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
