Good. Regarding a possible next step. Are you guys planning to propose a "correct" behavior of the flags? It may be worth to try.
Regards, as On 26/02/2013 17:53, Liubing (Leo) wrote: > Hi, Arturo and all > > That was my mistake. I derived this draft from a template and forgot to > change it. > It should be "Informational", thanks for finding this bug. > > B.R. > Bing > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of >> Arturo Servin >> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:29 PM >> To: ipv6@ietf.org >> Subject: Re: SLAAC/DHCPv6 addr-conf operational gaps >> >> Dear authors, >> >> Very interesting document and very valuable to document the current >> behavior of the A, M and O flags (that have caused some headaches to >> some including myself when troubleshooting IPv6). >> >> I see that has been submitted as "Proposed Standard" but I failed to >> find what you are proposing. >> >> Would it better to be submitted as "Informational" and then look how >> to >> indicate the correct behavior of the flags? or just as "Informational"? >> >> Regards. >> as >> >> >> On 26/02/2013 15:14, Liubing (Leo) wrote: >>> Hi, 6man & v6ops >>> >>> We submitted a new draft to discuss the SLAAC/DHCPv6 interaction gaps. >>> >>> As we know there are several flags in RA messages regarding with the host >> configuration behavior, which are A (Autonomous) flag, M (Managed) flag, >> and O (Otherconfig) flag. >>> For some reason, the host behavior of interpreting the flags is ambiguous >> in the standard (mainly RFC4862). I presented a draft discussing M flag >> behavior in 6man @ietf84, and there were some feedbacks arguing the same >> issue. This draft analyzed all the three flags, and provided test result of >> current implementations, it showed the behavior of different mainstream >> desktop OSes have varied. The ambiguous and variation might cause >> operational problems, such as renumbering (used to discuss in 6renum WG >> and been documented in the WG drafts), cold start problem, and >> management gaps .etc. >>> >>> Your review and comments would be appreciated very much. >>> >>> All the best, >>> Bing >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: internet-dra...@ietf.org [mailto:internet-dra...@ietf.org] >>>> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 5:52 PM >>>> To: Liubing (Leo) >>>> Cc: rbon...@juniper.net >>>> Subject: New Version Notification for >>>> draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem-01.txt >>>> >>>> >>>> A new version of I-D, draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem-01.txt >>>> has been successfully submitted by Bing Liu and posted to the >>>> IETF repository. >>>> >>>> Filename: draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem >>>> Revision: 01 >>>> Title: DHCPv6/SLAAC Address Configuration Interaction Problem >>>> Statement >>>> Creation date: 2013-02-25 >>>> Group: Individual Submission >>>> Number of pages: 12 >>>> URL: >>>> >> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem- >>>> 01.txt >>>> Status: >>>> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem >>>> Htmlized: >>>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem-01 >>>> Diff: >>>> >> http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-liu-bonica-dhcpv6-slaac-problem-01 >>>> >>>> Abstract: >>>> This document analyzes the host behavior of DHCPv6/SLAAC >> interaction >>>> issue. It reviews the standard definition of the host behaviors and >>>> provides the test results of current mainstream implementations. >> Some >>>> potential operational gaps of the interaction are also described. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The IETF Secretariat >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------