On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Ralph Droms wrote: > So, RFC 2462 only uses RFC 2119 keywords to describe the behavior of a host > when the value of the 'O' flag remains unchanged. The text in section > 5.5.3 needs to be updated to: > > If the value of OtherConfigFlag changes from FALSE to > TRUE, the host MUST invoke the stateful autoconfiguration > protocol [...] > > If the value of the OtherConfigFlag changes from TRUE > to FALSE, the host SHOULD continue running the stateful > address autoconfiguration protocol [...]
Strongly disagree. This would make about every IPv6 implementation not supporting stateful protocols non-compliant. In my view 'O' is just a hint to the nodes that thay should try to use a stateful mechanism (as there is one in the specific network), if they have one. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
