> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ole Troan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:16 PM
> To: Dave Thaler
> Cc: Hemant Singh (shemant); JINMEI Tatuya / ????; James Carlson;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ipv6@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Neighbor Discovery and PPP links
> 
> Dave,
> 
> > Then you will fail in cases like the one I noted above, and you
won't be
> > RFC compliant.  RFC2461 requires NUD on _all_ links.  (I don't think
> > anyone is arguing it doesn't.)
> 
> as long as we also agree that it is perfectly valid to operate p2p
links
> with NUD turned off.

Yes (but only for router-to-router connections which I believe is what
you're referring to).  

RFC 2461 states:
> Neighbor Unreachability Detection is used for all paths between hosts
> and neighboring nodes, including host-to-host, host-to-router, and
> router-to-host communication.  Neighbor Unreachability Detection may
> also be used between routers, but is not required if an equivalent
> mechanism is available, for example, as part of the routing
> protocols.

-Dave

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