> I strongly suggest the use of "Nodes" (unqualified) in the text
> about the 'O' bit:
=> To be clear, I was suggesting substitusting "Nodes (acting as hosts)".
I'm not sure if you're replying to my comment or in general.
> However, there is some question about any discussion of "nodes" and
> RAs, as there may be text in RFC 2461 (I'm working from
> memory, here, which
> in my case is a remarkably unreliable service; I hope
> someone more familiar
> with RFC 2461 can confirm or deny) that allows or requires
> routers to ignore RAs.
=> In 6.2.7 :
Routers SHOULD inspect valid Router Advertisements sent by other
routers and verify that the routers are advertising consistent
information on a link. Detected inconsistencies indicate that one or
more routers might be misconfigured and SHOULD be logged to system or
network management. The minimum set of information to check
includes:
- Cur Hop Limit values (except for the unspecified value of zero).
- Values of the M or O flags.
- Reachable Time values (except for the unspecified value of zero).
Whether that means routers can also act upon the information
they receive is of course a separate issue. But at least
it is clear that routers are not required to automatically drop RAs.
Hesham
>
> - Ralph
>
> At 09:06 AM 11/20/2003 -0500, Soliman Hesham wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a reason to differentiate between nodes acting as
> > > hosts here, but
> > > not in the paragraph describing the behavior in response to
> > > the 'M' bit?
> >
> >=> In general, unless previously discussed and rejected for some
> >reason, I'd globally: s/Nodes (acting as hosts)/host
> >
> >It's a bit clumsy to read as it is.
> >
> >Hesham
>
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