Hi Fred, Well, the intention is to use RS/RA for PD but use icmp type/code for any error messaging for the PD process between the requesters and delegators.
Thanks, - Satya Rao Mobile Devices Technology Office Motorola Tel: 512-996-6781 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Templin, Fred L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 7:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: IETF IPv6 Mailing List > Subject: RE: Re: Prefix Delegation using ICMPv6 > > Tim, > > I took a look at the I-D and it reads well. I see that you > (and the co-authors) are asking RSs to carry PIOs by way of > requesting specific prefixes, and that you are asking for new > flag bits (the 'P' bit in the RS message 'Reserved' field and > the 'D' bit in the PIO 'Reserved1' field) which would qualify > this as an RS/RA-based prefix delegation mechanism. > > But then, I see in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 that the > specification is also asking for new ICMPv6 message types, so > the mechanism is apparently not implemented via RS/RA > messages alone. Is there a way to do this with RS/RA alone, > or do you also need the extra ICMPv6 messages? > > Fred > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
