Hi Tim, > There is a minor discrepancy in text between 2461 and 2462 that could > perhaps be clarified in the -bis work for those texts. This is regarding > the M flag referring to addresses and other options, or just addresses. > Three parts of the texts have different nuances: > > a) 2461 section 4.2 says M flag means hosts use the stateful protocol > for address assigment, and O flag means hosts used the stateful protocol > for other (non-address) information. > > b) Then in 2462 it says in Section 4 (p.9) and Section 5.2 (p.11) again > that a "managed address configuration" flag indicates whether hosts should > use stateful autoconfiguration to obtain addresses and an "other stateful > configuration" flag indicates whether hosts should use stateful > autoconfiguration to obtain additional information (excluding addresses). > > c) But then in 5.5.3 of 2462 the RA processing text states what I expect > most (all?) implementations actually do: "If the value of ManagedFlag > changes from FALSE to TRUE ... the host should invoke the stateful address > autoconfiguration protocol, requesting both address information and other > information." (i.e. for both information) > > So the question is should the wording of (a) and (b) be changed to reflect > the processing text of (c)? On their own, (a) and (b) suggest that to get > the behaviour of (c) *both* the M and O bits should be set, but (c) states > that only the M bit need be set for full stateful autoconfiguration.
I think that (c) is the correct behavior - should you suggest text for 2461 & 2462? John -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
