Re: RFC 4861:-Link-Local address joining all-node multicast group.

2010-04-20 Thread niviya vijayan
Hi Suresh, Thanks for your reply. I have a doubt on your answer. As per your comments, there can be two MLD report msg which will join the node in solicited multicast group . But in the RFC 4861, they have mention there should be a join request to all node multicast group. . RFC 4861

RE: RFC 4861:-Link-Local address joining all-node multicast group.

2010-04-20 Thread JOSHI, SHRINIVAS ASHOK (SHRINIVAS ASHOK)
My question is, whenever there is a change in ipv6 address on a node, both these 2 NA messages will propogate through the network? or is it really required to share about the link-local address as we are not at all changing the ipv6 link-local address.? If link local ipv6 is already active,

Re: Draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr-08 to become asap a 6man WG draft ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rémi Després
Le 16 avr. 2010 à 21:43, Suresh Krishnan a écrit : I don't know exactly what the status of draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr-08 is today, but it this proposal has IMHO to become quickly a standard-track RFC: - The ability of skipping an extension header in a node that doesn't know it is clearly

I-D Action:draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-subnet-model-11.txt

2010-04-20 Thread Internet-Drafts
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. This draft is a work item of the IPv6 Maintenance Working Group of the IETF. Title : IPv6 Subnet Model: the Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes Author(s) : H. Singh, et al.

Re: Draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr-08 to become asap a 6man WG draft ?

2010-04-20 Thread james woodyatt
On Apr 20, 2010, at 06:52, Rémi Després wrote: Waiting for this new extension header to be found useful would be IMHO a DESIGN MISTAKE: if and when such an extension is found useful, it will be too late because ALL codes that look for ports will need to be upgraded before deployment of

Re: Draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr-08 to become asap a 6man WG draft ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rémi Després
Hi James, Using the experimental status seems to me confusing (and why two numbers instead of one?) If the draft becomes a standard-track RFC, as originally proposed but so far insufficiently supported, we will have all what is needed, simply an cleanly. I hope this can happen. Regards, RD

Re: Draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr-08 to become asap a 6man WG draft ?

2010-04-20 Thread james woodyatt
On Apr 20, 2010, at 09:56, Rémi Després wrote: Using the experimental status seems to me confusing (and why two numbers instead of one?) There are two numbers reserved for protocols, and I was plagued by the hobgoblins of consistency. I suppose we could assign only one. Or more than two.

Re: Draft-krishnan-ipv6-exthdr-08 to become asap a 6man WG draft ?

2010-04-20 Thread Suresh Krishnan
Hi James, On 10-04-20 01:35 PM, james woodyatt wrote: On Apr 20, 2010, at 09:56, Rémi Després wrote: Using the experimental status seems to me confusing (and why two numbers instead of one?) There are two numbers reserved for protocols, and I was plagued by the hobgoblins of consistency.

Re: RFC 4861:-Link-Local address joining all-node multicast group.

2010-04-20 Thread Suresh Krishnan
Hi Niviya, On 10-04-20 05:09 AM, niviya vijayan wrote: Hi Suresh, Thanks for your reply. I have a doubt on your answer. As per your comments, there can be two MLD report msg which will join the node in solicited multicast group . But in the RFC 4861, they have mention there should be a

Re: I-D.krishnan-ipv6-exthdr to 6man WG draft ?

2010-04-20 Thread james woodyatt
On Apr 20, 2010, at 15:42, Suresh Krishnan wrote: Simple. All future IPv6 extension headers will use the same next header value (the one allocated for the GIEH). Anything else can be considered a unknown upper layer header. That's proposed informally in the draft, but it doesn't appear to