Hi Thomas, > > IPv6 provides two approaches to basic IPv6 configuration. One is > > server-less and is defined in IPv6 Neighbor Discover > > [RFC2461] and the IPv6 > > Stateless Address Autoconfiguration [RFC2462]. > > Note: I don't know that I understand this distinction. Calling ND > "server-less" doesn't seem entirely accurate. ND requires a router > sending the client prefix information for the addresses it is to > generate. Without that info, the client can only generate link-local > addresses. In this case, the router quacks like a server. I.e., the > client sends out an RS, the router responds with a RA. Is it not being > a server? > > I think this point is important because saying we need a "server-less" > solution implies we all agree on what server-oriented vs. server-less > actually means. I'm not sure I do.
I think that the difference is that calling ND "server-less" implies that there is not an additional server required. John -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
