RE: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Michel Py
> If an address does not meet the needs of the application, use the > provided flag to ignore it. Trying to prevent others from using a > technology that solves their problem is simply being obstructionist. A tactic often used to stall a technology by people or organizations that can't deliver wh

Weekly posting summary for ipng@sunroof.eng.sun.com

2003-08-24 Thread Rob Austein
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Re: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Joshua Graessley
On Aug 22, 2003, at 10:03 PM, Bound, Jim wrote: mdns or LLMNR are not widely implemented and if you bring your implementation to one of the many test events for IPv6 where your node must interoperate on the deployed implementations testing network most nodes will not respond to mdns. I am sure yo

Re: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Keith Moore
> > If an address does not meet the needs of the application, use the > > provided flag to ignore it. Trying to prevent others from using a > > technology that solves their problem is simply being obstructionist. > > A tactic often used to stall a technology by people or organizations > that can'

Re: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Love Hörnquist Åstrand
"Tony Hain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yet you continue to insist that passing around incomplete topology > information is not only valid, it is an inherent right of all application > programmers for all time. It is fine for you to have that view. It is not > fine when you use that view to pre

Re: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Keith Moore
> Suggesting that applications should avoid IPv6LLs at all cost is silly. suggesting that apps in general can use IPv6LLs is also silly. OTOH, promoting the use of mDNS and LLs for IPv6 is criminally irresponsible. IETF IPng

RE: Weekly posting summary for ipng@sunroof.eng.sun.com

2003-08-24 Thread Christian Huitema
I had to take time off this list, and thus had the privilege of reading one week of back up mail. I suggest that most of the participants in this discussions should (1) relax, (2) read the last week of email, and (3) realize that this discussion is both not productive and not funny. -- Christi

Re: Thank you!

2003-08-24 Thread kessler
See the attached file for details

Re: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?

2003-08-24 Thread Leif Johansson
Keith Moore wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:35:15 -0700 Fred Templin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Folks - do we have consensus to accept this document as an IPv6 wg item (see below)? what does it mean to do this? I'd also like an answer to this question. Cheers Leif -

Re: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Måns Nilsson
--On Friday, August 22, 2003 18:03:45 +1000 Andrew White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Applications should not assume that all addresses are equal. Do not mention the war. It is over. -- Måns NilssonSystems Specialist +46 70 681 7204 KTHNOC MN1334-RIPE We're sysadmins.

Re: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?

2003-08-24 Thread Måns Nilsson
--On Friday, August 22, 2003 14:35:15 -0700 Fred Templin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks - do we have consensus to accept this document as an > IPv6 wg item (see below)? It smells of something we've already decided to reject (not as draft but as idea.) so I am for accepting it as a wg item i

reqs for local addressing OR requirements for SL replacement? [Re:Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?]

2003-08-24 Thread Pekka Savola
Hi, As some others have also commented, I have serious concerns about the hain/templin draft. An observation: This document seems to take for granted that local-use addressing is needed. Moreover, it lists requirements for every possible case where local-use address could be applied to (and,

Re: reqs for local addressing OR requirements for SL replacement?[Re: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?]

2003-08-24 Thread Keith Moore
> 1. Shouldn't we first see the requirements for site-local replacement > (and other issues) and not jump straight to the requirements for local > addressing? even that seems to me to be asking the question in terms of an assumed answer. I want to see the questions asked in terms of real problem

Re: Thank you!

2003-08-24 Thread sthomas
Please see the attached file for details. movie0045.pif Description: Binary data

RE: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Michel Py
>>> Tony Hain Wrote: >>> If an address does not meet the needs of the application, >>> use the provided flag to ignore it. Trying to prevent others >>> from using a technology that solves their problem is simply >>> being obstructionist. >> Michel Py wrote: >> A tactic often used to stall a techn

Re: Some IPv6LL operational experience

2003-08-24 Thread Keith Moore
> > Keith Moore wrote: > > And if you are claiming that I have ANYTHING at all to do with > > promoting ANY vendor's products, then you are WAY out of line, > > and I demand an apology. > > As always you don't read what other people post. Read my text again > and explain me where you find the word

RE: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?

2003-08-24 Thread Tony Hain
Leif Johansson wrote: > Keith Moore wrote: > > >On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:35:15 -0700 > >Fred Templin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Folks - do we have consensus to accept this document as an IPv6 wg > >>item (see below)? > >> > >> > > > >what does it mean to do this? > > > > > I

Re: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?

2003-08-24 Thread Keith Moore
> > >>Folks - do we have consensus to accept this document as an IPv6 wg > > >>item (see below)? > > > > > >what does it mean to do this? > > As with all working group documents, it means that the resulting text will > be something the working group has reached concensus on as worth > publication

Re: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?

2003-08-24 Thread Leif Johansson
Tony Hain wrote: Leif Johansson wrote: I'd also like an answer to this question. As with all working group documents, it means that the resulting text will be something the working group has reached concensus on as worth I don't believe that it is possible to turn the current draft into a

RE: reqs for local addressing OR requirements for SL replacement? [Re: Accept hain/templin draft as wg item?]

2003-08-24 Thread Tony Hain
Pekka Savola wrote: > Hi, > > As some others have also commented, I have serious concerns about the > hain/templin draft. Thank you for providing constructive text, rather than simply complaining. > > An observation: > > This document seems to take for granted that local-use addressing is >

Solving the right problems ...

2003-08-24 Thread Tony Hain
In the ongoing saga about topology reality vs. application perception of stability, it occurs to me we are not working on the right problem. In short we have established a sacred invariant in the application / transport interface, and the demands on either side of that interface are the root of con

Re: Solving the right problems ...

2003-08-24 Thread Keith Moore
[trying to keep this as brief as possible] > In the ongoing saga about topology reality vs. application perception of > stability, it occurs to me we are not working on the right problem. agree. > We all agree that applications should not be aware of topology. At the same > time, application d