On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:07:17AM -0500, Brian Haberman wrote: > Since I wasn't at the interim meeting, I am pretty sure that I > did not make that comment. :)
I'm sorry about that; it must have been Jim Martin since I'm quite sure it was one of the authors of the draft. I apologize for putting words in your mouth, but at least I am not misinterpreting your intentions... > However, the work that has been done > on automatic prefix delegation is geared mainly towards your point > (1) below. In fact, I am in the process of revving the PD draft to > incorporate comments and suggestions from people who want to use > PD for CPE-to-ISP connections. A point was made at the interim meeting (by Tony Hain, I believe, although I trust my memory less now) that it would be prudent of us to ensure that the ISP connection procedure for single hosts vs. routers is identical. Otherwise, providers will be much more likely to charge extra to connect a router, which leads to IPv6 NAT, (which leads to anger, which leads to hate,) which is definitely not what we want to be encouraging. As I see it now, using APD for prefix delegation would require routers to start an APD transaction -- something hosts wouldn't need to do. Personally, I am much more likely to endorse a passive mechanism (router advertisements) than an active mechanism (APD, router renumbering, DHCP), provided there is no significant disadvantage. Over the weekend I wrote a draft to define a new option for rtadv messages to delegate a prefix over a p-t-p link. I'm trying to keep it as simple and easy to implement as possible, since any setup that's remotely complicated should use router renumbering (if that ever gets standardized). My draft didn't submitted until today, though, since my DSL has been down a day or so... -Nathan -- +-------------------+---------------------+------------------------+ | Nathan Lutchansky | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Lithium Technologies | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's | | business on earth... I like a state of continual becoming, | | with a goal in front and not behind. - George Bernard Shaw | +------------------------------------------------------------------+
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