>>>>> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:23:23 +1000, >>>>> Greg Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>>>> It's important to relize though that a host doesn't invoke >>>>> RFC 3736 procedures though. The host only cares that it wants to >>>>> do an Information-Request. 3736 is an implementation hint for >>>>> DHCPv6 servers and relays, not hosts. (snip) >> Sorry, it doesn't clearly answer my question. So can I rephrase your >> statement to "3736 is an implementation hint for DHCPv6 servers and >> relays, not clients."? > Oh, sorry for the confusion. > Yes I believe so. Okay, thanks. Then my next quick question for clarification is: what led you to that impression? In my understanding, RFC3736 is a hint for both clients and servers on the "stateless" subset service of DHCPv6. (Also for relays, but this case is relatively minor since relays are originally independent from the notion of "stateful" or "stateless"). In fact, all subsections of RFC3736 Section 5 begin with a phrase like: "Clients and servers implement the following messages for stateless DHCP service". Additionally, a previous discussion in rfc2462bis seems to support my understanding (i.e., RFC3736 provides a hint for clients as well as for servers): http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6/current/msg02494.html http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6/current/msg02495.html Note that Ralph (the main editor of RFC3315 and the author of RFC3736) agreed on my understanding. JINMEI, Tatuya Communication Platform Lab. Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] p.s. this may not be the substantial point of you in this thread. But you seem to emphasize this point, so I think it might worth clarifying (whether my understanding is correct or not). -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
