which ID is this? thanks /jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Lei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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