RE: whether we need the M flag ??

2004-04-27 Thread Soliman Hesham
I thought that statement referred to one implementation only, which is confirmed by Jinmei's response to my email Hesham > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 12:14 PM > To: Soliman Hesham > Cc: IETF IPv6 Mailing List

RE: interop requirements for DS [Re: whether we need the M flag ??]

2004-04-27 Thread Ralph Droms
John - I should have been more careful in my use of "we", which I had intended to mean the IETF as a whole. I agree that the issue of "implemented and interoperable" is not within the IPv6 WG's scope. It wouldn't hurt for the WG to be aware of the potential issues and come to an explciit decision

I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ipv6-rfc2011-update-09.txt

2004-04-27 Thread Internet-Drafts
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the IP Version 6 Working Group Working Group of the IETF. Title : Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP) Author(s) : S. Routhier

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Alain Durand
On Apr 27, 2004, at 2:39 AM, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: Now at present, it doesn't support DHCPv6. But suppose in the next version of my favorite OS DHCPv6 is supported, and I decide I want to run it. So far so good. But if I now take my laptop to a place where there is no DHCPv6 server, I eit

Re: whether we need the M flag ??

2004-04-27 Thread Alain Durand
On Apr 27, 2004, at 1:50 AM, Soliman Hesham wrote: The facts are: 1. there is code that sets the M&O bits. (router implementations) 2. there are at least two implementations that read and act on the O bit. These two implementations both invoke stateless DHCPv6 as the action. => So

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Alain Durand
On Apr 26, 2004, at 11:29 PM, JINMEI Tatuya / [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote: I would first like to be sure if it is okay to recycle the document as DS even with the lack of implementation on a part of the protocol description (in this case, the receiving side

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 06:21:24 -0400, > Brian Haberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > As a I stated in an earlier message, I believe it is okay to recycle > at DS given the granularity of detail in the interoperability reports. > http://www.ietf.org/IESG/Implementations/nd-auto-implementatio

RE: interop requirements for DS [Re: whether we need the M flag ??]

2004-04-27 Thread john . loughney
Hi Ralph, > I also agree that we should be more precise in our acceptance of > "implemented and interoperable". I fear that the current practice can be > (and has been) applied selectively to allow advancement of some standards > while holding back others. I'm not sure that your point above is s

Re: interop requirements for DS [Re: whether we need the M flag ??]

2004-04-27 Thread Ralph Droms
I agree 100% with Pekka's assessment of the current state of interoperability testing, reporting and requirements as applied to advancement of protocol standards. I also agree that we should be more precise in our acceptance of "implemented and interoperable". I fear that the current practice can

interop requirements for DS [Re: whether we need the M flag ??]

2004-04-27 Thread Pekka Savola
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote: > In any event, I'd first like to clarify the general point before going > to each detail to avoid further confusion. The question is: > > We do not have an implementation on some part of RFC2462. Can we > st

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Christian Strauf (JOIN)
I fully agree with the chair's decision to leave the M/O bits unchanged for now. I would like to quickly address (comments inline) the security argument that was raised by Alain. Alain, > It is not that DHCPv6 cannot be made secure, it is that the M/O bits are > an automatic and insecure way to

Re: IETF 59 IPv6 WG Document Status

2004-04-27 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
Just checking, what is the current status of draft-ietf-ipv6-scoping-arch-01.txt? According to the status tracker page, it's still in the "Ready for WG Last Call" state, and I don't think I've seen the 1-week last call you mentioned. Thanks, JINMEI, Tatuya

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Brian Haberman
JINMEI wrote: On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:28:05 -0700, Alain Durand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: My biggest question is: can we recycle rfc2462bis as DS despite fact 3? I failed to see what is wrong with the unused feature elimination Christian described when moving along the standard track. Not

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Brian Haberman
Alain Durand wrote: On Apr 26, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Brian Haberman wrote: At this time, the chairs believe that there is code that sets the M&O bits and at least one implementation that reads and acts on these bits. This is certainly not enough to claim interoperability. No one is claiming inte

RE: whether we need the M flag ??

2004-04-27 Thread Soliman Hesham
> > => So based on 1) and 2) I suggest that people who want to continue > > this discussion, despite the chairs' recommendation should > limit the > > discussion to the M flag. If there are implementations that support > > the O flag then removing it should be out of the ques

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Iljitsch van Beijnum
On 26-apr-04, at 22:53, Alain Durand wrote: It is not that DHCPv6 cannot be made secure, it is that the M/O bits are an automatic and insecure way to trigger an external configuration mechanism. So you object to the security level of DHCPv6 rather than that of the M and O bits? You should rea

Re: whether we need the M flag ??

2004-04-27 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 04:50:00 -0400, > "Soliman Hesham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> 1. there is code that sets the M&O bits. (router implementations) >> 2. there are at least two implementations that read and >> act on the O >> bit. These two implementations both invoke stateless DHCP

Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags

2004-04-27 Thread Tim Chown
On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 10:14:02AM -0700, Alain Durand wrote: > Let me try to explain why I, as an implementor, do not like the M/O > bits very much. > ... Alain, Could you explain how the functionality of the O/M bits will be replaced within the ND/etc protocols? Or should they not be replaced

whether we need the M flag ??

2004-04-27 Thread Soliman Hesham
> The facts are: > > 1. there is code that sets the M&O bits. (router implementations) > 2. there are at least two implementations that read and > act on the O > bit. These two implementations both invoke stateless DHCPv6 as > the action. => So b

Small bug in the node requirements

2004-04-27 Thread john . loughney
Someone just pointed out that the text: 5.1.1 TCP and UDP over IPv6 Jumbograms - RFC2147 This specification MUST be supported if jumbograms are implemented [RFC-2675]. should be removed as 2147 is absoleted by 2675. I shall remove the text. Otherwise, I'm still wait