RE: Prefix Delegation using ICMPv6

2006-08-24 Thread Rao Satyanarayana-W60007
Inline. - Satya Rao Mobile Devices Technology Office Motorola Tel: 512-996-6781 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Petrescu Alexandru-AAP021 Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:35 AM To: Rao Satyanarayana-W60007 Cc: Ralph Droms; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Durand, Alain; IETF

RE: Re: Prefix Delegation using ICMPv6

2006-08-24 Thread Rao Satyanarayana-W60007
Hi Fred, Well, the intention is to use RS/RA for PD but use icmp type/code for any error messaging for the PD process between the requesters and delegators. Thanks, - Satya Rao Mobile Devices Technology Office Motorola Tel: 512-996-6781 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-

RE: Prefix Delegation using ICMPv6

2006-08-23 Thread Rao Satyanarayana-W60007
We believe that there is a need for an alternate way of doing PD simply because the DHCP PD is not intrinsic to the stack and makes it unusable sometimes. ICMPv6 is intrinsic ( by intrinsic, I mean that is always available in the ipv6 stack implementations) and this proposal builds on the current

RE: Prefix Delegation using ICMPv6

2006-08-23 Thread Rao Satyanarayana-W60007
Ralph, Implementation and test effort is always there whether it is a existing protocol or a new protocol to catch implementation specific bugs. Even if one licenses a particular implementation, there is always testing involved though the effort can be less focused on testing the licensed