Bernie Volz (volz) wrote:
I would think that how an address is assigned shouldn't enter into this.
I can't see that it matters.
What really matters is the lifetimes associated with the address. The
longest lifetime address is probably the best to use since it is the
most stable. [Ignoring privacy and other related issues.]
That's sort of what I thought at first as well. But if you use remaining
lifetime (and not the initial) you might easily end up in situations
where you fluctuate between several addresses. Not so good.
As an example, imagine two routers regularly sending RAs for one prefix
each, then you might end up always using the prefix you last got an RA
for, possibly changing every few seconds depending on the adv. rate.
Stig
Perhaps this gets at what you want anyway, since manually assigned
addresses would presumable have the longest lifetime?
- Bernie
-----Original Message-----
From: Manfredi, Albert E [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:06 PM
To: Durand, Alain
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Subject: RE: address selection and DHCPv6
Except that from what others have said, that might not be the desired
goal. Perhaps for privacy or other reasons, a most stable address choice
might not be optimal.
I originally thought that would be the best choice, but ...
Bert
-----Original Message-----
From: Durand, Alain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 2:00 PM
To: Bernie Volz (volz); James Carlson; Vlad Yasevich
Cc: ipv6@ietf.org
Subject: RE: address selection and DHCPv6
The question is not to get an absolutely stable address,
but to make sure that in case multiple addresses are defined,
the one with the highest likelyhood of stability is selected.
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