On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Erik Nordmark wrote:
Erik,
> Since DAD doesn't know how the address was assigned and your optimization
> can't possible work for anything but statelessly configured addresses,
> I don't see how this can work.
You are of course correct.
> that DAD isn't required for the statelessly configured IPv6 addresses (but
> required for all other addresses).
Not requiring DAD for link-local addresses is a win already.
Upon reception of a new IP address, the client MUST perform
Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) as specified in RFC
2462 [19]. If the IP address has already been allocated to the
How about if all hosts are required to set the 'I' and 'Q' flags in the IP
address extension? In effect suggest addresses configured using SAA or other
mechanisms. DAD has already been done for these addresses if needed. Then
the server can either grant or deny the request. It is not explicitly said
in there but why would DAD be needed in that case?
Aki
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