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>    1. Conclusion (Re: Call for adoption of
> draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928)
>       (Carles Gomez Montenegro)
>    2. The 6LO WG has placed draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928 in state "WG
> Document"
>       (IETF Secretariat)
>    3. RFC 9685 Registration Refresh Request and the ROVR field in the
> NA(EARO)
>       (Mathis Marion)
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> From: Carles Gomez Montenegro <[email protected]>
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> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:24:55 +0200
> Subject: [6lo] Conclusion (Re: Call for adoption of
> draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928)
> Dear 6lo WG,
>
> The call for adoption of draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928-00 is now
> closed.
>
> There have been 5 messages in favor of adoption, and no messages against
> it.
>
> We declare that the document is now adopted by the WG.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has participated.
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> Cheers,
>
> Shwetha and Carles
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> On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 at 09:46, Carles Gomez Montenegro <
> [email protected]> wrote:
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>> Dear 6lo WG,
>>
>> This message starts a call for WG adoption of 
>> draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928-00.
>> (Link: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928)
>> This document aims to fix a mistake with the C flag in EARO in RFC 8928.
>> As this is a short document, the call will end on the 22nd of May, EOB.
>>
>> Please state whether you are in favor of adopting this document.
>>
>> Also, comments and reviews of the document will be very much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Shwetha and Carles
>>
>>
>>
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> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:46:19 -0700
> Subject: [6lo] The 6LO WG has placed draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928 in
> state "WG Document"
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> The 6LO WG has placed draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928 in state
> WG Document (entered by Carles Gomez)
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> The document was previously in state Call For Adoption By WG Issued
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> The document is available at
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lo-updating-rfc-8928/
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> From: Mathis Marion <[email protected]>
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> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:34:24 +0200
> Subject: [6lo] RFC 9685 Registration Refresh Request and the ROVR field in
> the NA(EARO)
> Hello,
>
> This is my first time writing on a IETF mailing list, so I hope that it
> is the right place to ask such questions. If not, feel free to redirect
> me to the right place.
>
> First, a bit of context: I am working on the Wi-SUN protocol stack
> which uses the 6LoWPAN adaptations mechanisms for IPv6 Neighbor
> Discovery. In this context, the "Registration Ownership Verifier"
> (ROVR) field of the "Extended Address Registration Option" (EARO) is
> always an EUI-64.
>
> RFC 9685 defines a new mechanism "Registration Refresh Request" to
> force transmission of NS(ARO) packets from neighboring hosts: a router
> sends a NA(EARO) packet in multicast with a dedicated EARO status code.
>
> My question is: in this special NA(EARO) multicast packet, what value
> should be put in the ROVR field of the EARO? This packet is clearly not
> destined to any specific neighbor so it does not make sense to fill it
> with a neighbor EUI-64. Putting the router EUI-64 is also unexpected
> since the router is not registering its own address. My last guess
> would be to use a broadcast EUI-64 as the ROVR to indicate that the ARO
> is not destined to any particular node.
>
> Note that on reception of a NA(ARO), hosts must check the EUI-64 field,
> and drop the packet if the value is not the host EUI-64:
>
>          RFC 6775 5.5.2. Processing a Neighbor Advertisement
>
>     In addition to the normal validation of an NA and its options, the
>     ARO (if present) is verified as follows.  [...] If the EUI-64 field
>     does not match the EUI-64 of the interface, the option is silently
>     ignored.
>
> I did not find any exception to this rule in RFC 8505 nor RFC 9685. Do
> we need to consider the "Solicited" (S) bit of the NA to act
> differently?
>
> Thank you for your time and consideration.
>
> Mathis Marion
> Silicon Laboratories
>
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