> A number of folks in the room had a discussion during a break about a related > scenario, and concocted the idea of an "RA Server"; if there are multiple > routers to multiple upstream networks and therefore advertising prefixes, one > of them should advertise all of the prefixes, and if the route to any given > prefix fails (including if the RA Server fails and another takes over the > function) should remove the prefix from use. In a network using OSPF/IS-IS, > the obvious router to perform this function might be the Designated Router.
I think as a general principle addressing is independent of routing. and that we should not as a result of loss of reachability deprecate an address. every address, global or not has different reachability and a host has to handle it. cheers, Ole _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
