This API should be its own spec and reference other API docs. This way the focus of the work would be MIPv6 specific and also not slow down other API docs in process.
I also think that Francis is correct on the COA issues for src addr selection. /jim [Honor, Commitment, Integrity] > -----Original Message----- > From: Francis Dupont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:40 AM > To: Samita Chakrabarti > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Proposal for MIPv6 APIs to switch default source > address selection > > > In your previous mail you wrote: > > I am looking into possible MIPv6 APIs as an extension to > IPv6 Adv-API > document. The following requirements in MIPv6 spec > indicates that there > is a need for Socket API which will allow the MIPv6 applications to > choose COA as mobile node's source address... > > => the problem of this API is that it is not useful because > nobody wants to change all applications to use it. So we need > also a way to change the choice (or better, to choose in a > clever way, for instance using the "distance" between the CoA > prefix and the destination address) from the context of > applications. I suggest this many times but it was rejected > by address selection document author as out of the scope of > the document... (this is one of the reasons I still believe > to put the document on the standard track is an error). > > Thanks > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PS: we have to do the same thing for every rules not using > the preference table. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
