On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:40:49 +0530 "JOSHI, SHRINIVAS ASHOK (SHRINIVAS ASHOK)" <shrinivas_ashok.jo...@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
> Hi Fortune, > > Perhaps TR-177 discussion on broadband forum would be a more appropriate > place for this discussion. > > If operational model is clear (i.e. which parameters need to be provided > through RA) not just service/prefix > but also DNS, SNTP information, VLAN/service etc then a proposal combining > all the options in a draft can be made to WG. > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1958.txt "Architectural Principles of the Internet" "3.2 If there are several ways of doing the same thing, choose one. If a previous design, in the Internet context or elsewhere, has successfully solved the same problem, choose the same solution unless there is a good technical reason not to. Duplication of the same protocol functionality should be avoided as far as possible, without of course using this argument to reject improvements." > -- > Shree > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fortune HUANG [mailto:fqhu...@huawei.com] > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:30 AM > To: JOSHI, SHRINIVAS ASHOK (SHRINIVAS ASHOK); 'Brian Haberman'; ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: RE: Question about SLAAC: how the host determines the > prefixesallocated from different prefix pools > > Hi Shree, > > Sorry for the late reply because I was on a bussiness trip yesterday. > > The reason I propose to extend RA is because that DHCPv6 may not be > available in some scenario. > If the extension is simple enough, it may be worthy. > > > Best regards, > Fortune > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JOSHI, SHRINIVAS ASHOK (SHRINIVAS ASHOK) > [mailto:shrinivas_ashok.jo...@alcatel-lucent.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:54 PM > To: Fortune HUANG; 'Brian Haberman'; ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: RE: Question about SLAAC: how the host determines the > prefixesallocated from different prefix pools > > Hi Fortune, > > Why extend RA to achieve something that's already available through DHCPv6 > (a proven operational model) ? > > -- > Shree > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
