On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Erik Nordmark wrote: > > We haven't really specified the source address selection like this for > > IPv4 either, I believe. Have I missed something? > > That wasn't what I said. I said that IETF specifications don't > go into details on how to cache things, whether it is for "routing" > or "source address selection".
Perhaps we should have been more careful when discussing "how/when" to use caching. But well, 'htsearch' on RFC's for "cache" at http://rfc.eunet.fi (for example) returns 520 RFC's. I think there are examples of some caching specification, as well (e.g. neighbor discovery, multicast, ...). The level of detail is of course imporant. At least, very many specifications say, like "this and this part is critical and should [or SHOULD] be cached". One of my main worries was that it seemed that nobody even bothered to mention that the steps could be complex and some caching mechanism (possibly with some examples) should be implemented. -- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
