Mika, >> it makes more sense when rules are simpler. if you always perform DAD >> you can always ensure there's no duplicate. even if machine A is >> autoconfigured with prefix P::/64 and DAD-safe link-local address >> fe80::ID, the other end could configure P:ID intentionally. > > It would be more efficient to always do DAD with the link-local prefix > rather than full address, and just ensure that each IID is owned by a > single machine. I.e., if you configure P:ID, do dad with FE80:ID (unless > already done) and defend all X:ID.
sure, but that wouldn't allow different nodes using the same IID with different prefix. note the mechanism is called DAD not DIID. this has been discussed to death numerous times, please refer to the archive. /ot -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------
