Fernando Gont <ferna...@gont.com.ar> writes: > > The intention of that wording was that the value to be used was the > > same one as recommended for general use for IPv4, which IANA records.
> What about nodes that are e.g. statically configured? The intention of the Hop Limit, I think, is that implementations (not operations) configure it by default to 64. The value rarely seems to change, so an operator/user should only need to change it if for some reason the default is not good enough. So it really shouldn't in general need to be statically configured. > > > IP TIME TO LIVE PARAMETER > > > > > > The current recommended default time to live (TTL) for the Internet > > > Protocol (IP) is 64 [RFC791, RFC1122]. > > > > Obviously, this could be a bit clearer. IANA should have a similar > > entry for Hop Limit, which might well just point to the IPv4 TTL > > value. > Yes, I believe the ipv6-parameters file should specify what the > default value for the Hop Limit is. Any hint on how to get this done? A note to IANA might be sufficient, and at some point, when we update the relevant specs, we should clarify the language. I don't see this as being a huge problem that needs fixing. It has been years since anyone asked a question about what the documents say on this point... Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
