I would expect predictability to be useful in a diffserv context (it will make it easier to configure classifiers).
It might also make multihoming easier to think about. Brian Erik Nordmark wrote: > > > My recollection of the discussion is that some people think that > > predictability is a good think and other think that randomness is good. > > This text (maybe not very well formulated) intend to say > > "If you think that predictability is not a good think, order randomly the > > addresses, > > if you think predictability is a good thing, then here is a way to > > achieve it" > > But those are different implementors having different opinions, and it > is up to the operators to deal with any issues relating to this. > > So I think we need to understand what the operational concerns, if any, > are in this space. > Do they prefer predictability across nodes i.e. all nodes in the site > makes the same choice (assuming same config), that a single node always > make the same choice, or that a single node randomly chooses. > I can see operational arguments for either one, but I'm not an operator. > > Erik -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
