This bothered me as well, but I reasoned that it is in order to use the tentative link-local address. Even if there is a duplicate address, no harm will be done.
Gerrit On 12 Aug 2004 at 12:50, Grubmair Peter wrote: > For Duplicate address dedection RFC2462, > a node must join the solicitated-node-multicast > address before Duplicate Address dedection. > For verifying link-local address, this will mean, that > only a tentative link-local address is available. > I would like to know, which source address shall > be used in MLD Report, as RFC2710 requires a link-local > address, but the link-local address is in state tentative and > must not be used. Is the unspecified address considered to be link-local ? > Thanks in advance > Peter > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > =============================================== Gerrit van Niekerk GP van Niekerk Ondernemings BK Roosstraat 211, Meyerspark, 0184, South Africa Tel: +27(12)8036501 Fax: +27(12)8034131 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.gpvno.co.za =============================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
