> > However, should any new connections (SCTP associations) FROM this host to > > a peer list the deprecated address as part of the association? Given the > > existing text and this discussion, it seems that it should not, as other > > preferred address(es) are available. Of course unless as qualified by the > > proposed text below-- that it is the only address available (eg. the host > > is single homed/has a single valid address which happens to be a deprecated > > address). > > Does SCTP provide some way to describe a preferred order over the > addresses, or is the address set inherently unordered? Does it > provide a way to delete an address from an active connection? > > If there is an ordering, pushing deprecateds to the bottom of the > barrel (and deleting them when they expire) sounds most robust and in > keeping with the rest of the discussion on this thread. > > - Bill
I agree, but the address list is unordered (there is no implied preference order), hence my thought that they should probably not be included in the list. And yes, there is a way to delete an address from an active association, but that is currently an I-D and not part of RFC 2960; hence, for existing association(s) that have addresses that become deprecated, then expire, there is a mechanism to delete them from the association(s). --peter -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
