Re: optimistic dad comments

2004-06-01 Thread Nick 'Sharkey' Moore
On 2004-05-31, Pekka Savola wrote: Below are my comments on draft-ietf-ipv6-optimistic-dad-00.txt. Thanks for your feedback Pekka, I've added some thoughts/responses below. All comments welcome! 1) The draft specifies that instead of using a tentative address as the source address for RS,

question about DHCPv6 prefix delegation

2004-06-01 Thread Laurent . Clevy
Hi All, I have a question about DHCPv6 prefix delegation (RFC 3633). Given the following network: ISP (Location of DHCPv6 server) | | CPE /48 / \ / \ ---BA--- || Is it possible to

RE: Common ICMP Type Assignment for Experimental Protocols

2004-06-01 Thread Christian Huitema
Does this seem useful? Does the format make sense? Any other potential uses of such a facility if it were adopted? It makes sense, but there is one pitfall. More and more, firewalls come with restrictive rules about what ICMP packets will be allowed. These rules typically operate on ICMP type

Re: question about DHCPv6 prefix delegation

2004-06-01 Thread Christian Strauf (JOIN)
Given the following network: ISP (Location of DHCPv6 server) | | CPE /48 / \ / \ ---BA--- || Is it possible to configure the DHCP server to allocate : - a /48

RE: question about DHCPv6 prefix delegation

2004-06-01 Thread Tony Hain
You are asking a question which mixes technology with policy. The simple answer to your question is YES. The complex answer is a function of the policy at the ISP DHCP server. Will it accept requests from A B? Are you expecting the set of /64's allocated to A B to be contained within the /48 at

Re: optimistic dad comments

2004-06-01 Thread Nick 'Sharkey' Moore
[G'day Eric, thanks for your input ...] On 2004-06-01, Erik Nordmark wrote: [Pekka Savola wrote:] 1) The draft specifies that instead of using a tentative address as the source address for RS, another address or the unspecified address should be used instead. To me, using the