M/O flags: hints vs more [Re: the protocols for the M/O flags (Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags)]

2004-04-29 Thread Pekka Savola
On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote: - details of the relationship between each flag and protocol, e.g. whether we should mandate to invoke the protocol or we can just regard the flag as a hint and let the host decide if it invokes the

Re: M/O flags: hints vs more [Re: the protocols for the M/O flags (Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags)]

2004-04-29 Thread Christian Strauf (JOIN)
I support Christian's suggestion; they should be just hints. I also support this suggestion. No flag is going to force the node to run a protocol. More often than not, for implementation simplicity, I'd guess most nodes (especially where DHCPv6 is available), the nodes are going to run

Re: M/O flags: hints vs more [Re: the protocols for the M/O flags (Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags)]

2004-04-29 Thread Tim Chown
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 06:12:02PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote: - details of the relationship between each flag and protocol, e.g. whether we should mandate to invoke the protocol or we can just regard the

Re: M/O flags: hints vs more [Re: the protocols for the M/O flags (Re: [rfc2462bis] whether we need the M/O flags)]

2004-04-29 Thread Alain Durand
On Apr 29, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Tim Chown wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 06:12:02PM +0300, Pekka Savola wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote: - details of the relationship between each flag and protocol,