On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:26 PM, Colin O'Flynn wrote:

> Hello,
>  
> As an additional comment before LC closing:
>  
> I think it would be prudent to set the ARO status to something besides ‘0’ in 
> the NS, instead defining a new default for the registration message.
>  
> This would ensure you could never get in a state where either (a) someone 
> copies the ARO without changing the status or (b) a node somehow gets 
> confused and processes the ARO wrong. You can always tell from the ARO if 
> this is a registration message or a response message without looking at the 
> encapsulating layer (ie: NS/NA).

I think this is a good idea, it could be set to e.g. 255 instead?

Zach

>  
> Regards,
>  
>   -Colin
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