Re: lifetime of the IID - RFC 4941

2013-07-31 Thread Andrew Yourtchenko
Hosnieh, "an application layer lifetime". 1) The problem that this is a solution for. I've looked through the draft multiple times, and what I see is a generic abstract and then a very specific dive-in into the details. What I think is very much missing is - what is the application you see in m

Re: 6MAN WG Last Call:

2013-07-31 Thread james woodyatt
On Jul 31, 2013, at 14:03 , Brian E Carpenter wrote: > > I suppose, if the MAC layer actually delivers the clashing packet to the ND > layer. Alas, the presence of Neighbor Discovery proxy can disrupt that mechanism. -- james woodyatt core os networking

Re: 6MAN WG Last Call:

2013-07-31 Thread Brian E Carpenter
Ole, On 31/07/2013 20:22, Ole Troan wrote: > Brian, > > (participant hat) > >>> I found the last statements in section 4 slightly confusing: >>> There is no algorithm >>> for determining whether this case has arisen, rather than a genuine >>> MAC address collision. Implementers should car

lifetime of the IID - RFC 4941

2013-07-31 Thread Hosnieh Rafiee
Let's first start the discussion about the lifetime of an IID. There are some sections in RFC 4941 that explains the lifetime of an IID The maximum lifetime is 1 week and preferred lifetime is 1 day. The address cannot exceed the maximum lifetime value. When it reaches to this maximum value, th

any concerns of SEND mixed with Proxy Gateway described in draft-nachum-sarp-06?

2013-07-31 Thread Linda Dunbar
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nachum-sarp-06 proposes a Proxy Gateway mechanism to limit switches' FDB (MAC table) sizes in an environment where hosts (or VMs) within one subnet (or VLAN) can spread over many access domains (or shelves or sites) and each access domain has hosts (VMs) belongi

Confirmation to adopt draft-droms-6man-multicast-scopes-02 as a WG item

2013-07-31 Thread Ole Troan
There was consensus to adopt draft-droms-6man-multicast-scopes-02 as a 6MAN working group item at the IETF87 working group meeting. This is a call to confirm that consensus on the mailing list. If you object to adopting this document please state so and your reasons. This call will end on 2013-

Confirmation to adopt draft-cooper-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-00 as a WG item

2013-07-31 Thread Ole Troan
There was consensus to adopt draft-cooper-6man-ipv6-address-generation-privacy-00 as a 6MAN working group item at the IETF87 working group meeting. This is a call to confirm that consensus on the mailing list. If you object to adopting this document please state so and your reasons. This call

Re: 6MAN WG Last Call:

2013-07-31 Thread Ole Troan
Brian, (participant hat) >> I found the last statements in section 4 slightly confusing: >> There is no algorithm >> for determining whether this case has arisen, rather than a genuine >> MAC address collision. Implementers should carefully consider the >> consequences of continuing IPv6