Jim and all, [...]
>> To achieve zero-configuration for "ISP-to-Customer (PE-to-CPE) >> prefix delegation", we had better have a global consensus about >> which mechanism is minimally required for this purpose. Many >> mechnisms for the same purpose will make it difficult to achieve >> zero-configuration enviroment, because CPE should know which to use >> before runnning an auto-configuration protocol among many choices. > > I agree but I believe we can have a stateless and stateful solution > for different needs. I think prefix delegation is inherently stateful. both DHCP PD and ICMP PD are as such stateful protocols. that is, the delegating party has to keep track of which prefixes are assigned where. if anyone disagrees, please explain where the statelessness comes into the picture. /ot -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
