On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> optimistic DAD looks to me to be a good compromise.
> >A possible implication of optimistic DAD (i.e. where an address is assigned
> >to the interface and used before it is known whether it is a duplicate) is
> >that
> > - neighbor caches in order nodes will have the wrong information and need
> >   to be switched back to the correct, original information once DAD fails.
> > - TCP connections might be reset (a packet arrives at the new node, which
> >   doesn't have the TCP state so it sends a reset; the real "owner" of the
> >   address has the TCP state)
> 
>       for this reason, i'm not a fan of optimistic DAD.  my preference
>       is to run full DAD (will take 1 second or so), for every address
>       assigned to the node.  the rule is simple - run it for every address
>       you assign to the node, that's all.

Wouldn't it be much much simpler just to do DIID?  I see zero reason for 
e.g. PRFX1::1/64 and PRFX2::1/64 being assigned on two different nodes in 
a same subnet.

-- 
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

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