this would all have to be done out of band just like tcp from addr conf like daemon 
that listens to the RAs and/or timers.

/jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Sommerfeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 7:09 PM
> To: Peter Lei
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: need clarification of "deprecated" address [multihomed
> case] 
> 
> 
> > 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
> 
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