>>>>> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002 07:24:14 +0900, 
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:

>>> i may be asking a stupid question, but where do you get that private
>>> key from?  for instance, if a node responds with "www.ietf.org",
>>> we could get a public key for www.ietf.org by KEY RR query, but
>>> not the private key (it's on ietf.org authoritative server, and
>>> is not accessible from outside).
>> Presumably the device answering the ICMP request is the one named,
>> and therefore knows the private key associated with its name.

>       no, the device answering ICMPv6 request is not named.

??? I'm a bit confused.  Are you saying that we can *not always*
assume the device answering ICMPv6 request runs a name server?

                                        JINMEI, Tatuya
                                        Communication Platform Lab.
                                        Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
                                        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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