Thomas, With respect. When we defined M and O we were assuming a stateful support system. Thus we did the right thing. I was there as you. Those that are in denial that stateful is as important to the business and market deployment of IPv6 are simply missing the point. In addition, and I think we agree on this point, it is not the IETFs business to tell the market what or how to deploy. /jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Thomas Narten > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:46 AM > To: JINMEI Tatuya / [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H > Cc: dhcwg@ietf.org; IPv6 WG > Subject: [dhcwg] Original intent of M/O bits [was Re: IPv6 WG > LastCall:draft-ietf-ipv6-ra-mo-flags-01.txt ] > > JINMEI Tatuya / =?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCP0BMQEMjOkgbKEI=?= > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If we respect both the original sense of RFC2462 and our consensus > > about the semantics separation of the M/O flags, I believe the right > > solution is the following: > > I think we should be careful NOT to get hung up on what the original > intent of the M/O bits were, but focus on what the right behavior > should be, given what we know now/today, and given the DHC protocols > we actually have. > > The M/O bits were defined before we had DHCPv6 specified. I'd argue > that the M/O bits are a classic example of defining protocol/bits > before we really had a clear understanding of how they would be used, > what the semantics should be or what the actual protocols would be > that get invoked as a result of those bits. > > Surprise, surprise, when one invents protocols/mechanisms in such > cases, we often get the details wrong. > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > dhcwg mailing list > dhcwg@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
