"Dave Thaler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Currently the IPv6 charter has a goal:
> Jul 03 Submit Proxy RA to IESG for Proposed Standard.
To be clear, the charter also says:
o Develop Proxy Router Advertisement solution for prefix
delegation and publish. This enables a simple site border router
to
re-advertise downstream a prefix it hears on its upstream
link.
The Multi-Link subnet work will be used as the basis for
this.
Note: General multi-link subnet work will be done
elsewhere
in the IETF.
I.e., the charter item is NOT "multi-link subnets". It is a rather
specific subset of multi-link subnets geared (as I understand it) to
the particular problem of wanting to have a /64 assigned to one (e.g.,
P2P link) also be bridged to an attached Ethernet on the other side of
the router. It is not the full multi-link subnet solution.
Currently, the full-blown multi-link subnet has no home in the
IETF. IMO, finding such a home would likely require a BOF, where the
community has a chance to understand just what the problem is,
applicability, etc. I.e., Pekka raised some valid questions in this
regard earlier in this thread.
The multi-link subnet work also relates to the topic of zerouter, for
which there was one BOF already. See
http://internet.motlabs.com/mailman/listinfo/zerouter (and its
archives) for more info.
http://internet.motlabs.com/pipermail/zerouter/2003-July/000262.html
might also be relevant.
Thomas
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