Re: RFC2461(bis): normativeness of protocol constants

2007-01-04 Thread Pekka Savola
On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, Brian Haberman wrote: Given that 2461 (and 2461bis) are DS, I would find it very disturbing if implementers did not treat the entire document as normative. In order to be compliant with a spec (any spec), an implementation MUST adhere to all aspects including protocol consta

Re: point-to-point links and ND (was: Review of draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt)

2007-01-04 Thread James Carlson
Alexandru Petrescu writes: > >> Finally, link-layer addresses have a tight relationship with what > >> goes in the last 64bits of an address. On ppp (and maybe others?) > >> links there's no link-layer address but there's means to have > >> something go into the last 64bits. So could we consid

Re: point-to-point links and ND (was: Review of draft-ietf-ipv6-2461bis-09.txt)

2007-01-04 Thread Alexandru Petrescu
Hesham Soliman wrote: Hi Hesham, please allow me to interfere, splitting the thread to a different topic. I do not give an oppinion in this message about the original message's comments. Do you or co-authors think it may be useful to add several clarifications in the 2461bis with respect t

RE: RFC2461(bis): normativeness of protocol constants

2007-01-04 Thread Tim Enos
Good afternoon, >From: Hesham Soliman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2007/01/04 Thu AM 01:24:59 CST >To: 'Brian Haberman' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'Pekka Savola' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: ipv6@ietf.org >Subject: RE: RFC2461(bis): normativeness of protocol constants >Catching up on email.. > > > P

RE: RFC2461(bis): normativeness of protocol constants

2007-01-04 Thread Hesham Soliman
> => I agree with this. Pekka himself mentioned that this is > not a compliant behviour according to 2461. A contant is a > *contant*, which means it doesn't change :) => I obviously meant constant :) Hesham > Variables are also given max and min values, which by the > english mean