Hi, On 2012/03/22, at 4:28, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 2012-03-22 00:35, t.petch wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark Andrews" <ma...@isc.org> >> To: "Marc Lampo" <marc.la...@eurid.eu> >> Cc: <ipv6@ietf.org>; "'Brian Haberman'" <br...@innovationslab.net>; "'Bob >> Hinden'" <bob.hin...@gmail.com>; "'Arifumi Matsumoto'" <a...@arifumi.net>; >> "'Dave >> Thaler'" <dtha...@microsoft.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 12:04 PM >>> In message <006e01cd0668$898f0770$9cad1650$@la...@eurid.eu>, "Marc Lampo" >> writes: >>>> I understand what you are writing, but is this the right way ? >>> Yes. It was always intended that this be updatable network wide. >>> >>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-fujisaki-dhc-addr-select-opt-09 >>> >>>> The address selection table is, as far as I understand, >>>> statically defined - not dynamically configurable (SLAAC or DHCPv6). >>>> So, the suggestion is to adapt the table on every node of >>>> the organisation. >>> Yep. DHCP does this sort of thing very well. >> >> I note that the I-D referenced above allocates 32 bit for the zone index >> which >> will suit a few implementations and not suit many, unless the intention is to >> use >> the SNMP ifIndex and map from that to the string used by such >> implementations. > > Of course that is how it works. The socket API uses a uint32_t for > the zone index; only the user interface uses a string. It seems appropriate > to use the uint32_t also in the MIB and the DHCP option. > > We already covered this on another thread: > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6/current/msg15424.html > > I agree this should be made very clear in the text. Brian, thank you for answering this question. BTW, this draft was now adopted as 6man wg item, and WGLCed by dhcwg. The WGLC in 6man about this draft should happen soon after 3484bis discussion is settled. http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-opt-03 Thanks, > > Brian > >> >> Hopefully, 6man will be invited to review this as and when it progresses, >> otherwise it will have to be at IETF Last Call:-( >> >> Tom Petch >> <snip> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Arifumi Matsumoto NGN System Architecture Project NTT Service Integration Laboratories E-mail: arif...@nttv6.net TEL +81-422-59-3334 FAX +81-422-59-6364 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
