Hi Tim, > Remove site-local as we're deprecating them?
I agree. It was an oversite. > > An IPv6 node that receives a router advertisement with the 'M' flag > > set and that contains advertised prefixes will configure interfaces > > with both stateless autoconfiguration addresses and addresses > > obtained through DHCP. > > Perhaps cite 5.6 of 2462 here? It hadn't occured to me that both stateless > and stateful could be used together. Is this discussed anywhere else > other than 5.6 in 2462? Let me look. > > For those IPv6 nodes that implement DHCP, those nodes should use DHCP > > upon the receipt of a Router Advertisement with the 'M' flag set (see > > section 5.5.3 of RFC2462) for address configuration. In addition, > > in the absence of a router, IPv6 Nodes that implement DHCP MUST attempt > > to use DHCP for address configuration. > > Hmmm... in 5.5.2 of 2462 it says > > "If a link has no routers, a host MUST attempt to use stateful > autoconfiguration to obtain addresses and other configuration > information." > > so it's not just for address configuration. Perhaps cite 5.5.2 here. > M means use DHCP for addresses and other config info, O means just other > config info (an odd way for it to be specified, but... :) Good catch, I will fix the text. > > 5.3.2 Other Stateful Configuration > > > > DHCP provides the ability to provide other configuration information > > to the node. An IPv6 node that does not include an implementation of > > DHCP will be unable to obtain other configuration information such as > > the addresses of DNS servers when it is connected to a link over > > Perhaps say "DNS or NTP" so that we emphasise it's not just about DNS. Agreed. > Do you have a target date to release the next version of the nodes > requirements draft? I appreciate it's a lot of work. Shortly, as soon as we resolve this. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
