On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Vijayabhaskar A K wrote:
> > > Ofcourse, the requesting router can generate these values itself.
> > > With DHCPv6 server sending T1 and T2 values, the requesting
> > > router dont need to recalculate the values again and again..
> > > Trust the DHCPv6 server, the values provided by it makes the
> > > requesting router to refresh its bindings well before the expiry..
> > 
> > Well, typically the conventional wisdom is *not* to trust any 
> > external 
> > parties to any extent greater than necessary :-)
> 
> If you are able to trust the prefixes given by DHCPv6, then there will be
> no harm in trusting the time values provided by it :-)

It's not about that kind of trust -- rather "I trust that the times 
provided to me by the operator are the best possible choices, and they 
have in fact provided them" -- I'd imagine you trust your own DHCPv6 
implementation and configuration more than your ISP's.
 
-- 
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

--------------------------------------------------------------------
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]
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Reply via email to