Ralph,
Expanding your text, would this be acceptable:
IPv6 Nodes that implement DHCP, MUST use DHCP to obtain other configuration
information (not including address(es) upon the receipt of a Router
Advertisement with the 'O' flag set (see section 5.5.3 of RFC2462).
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Ralph Droms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 20 November, 2003 16:40
> To: Pekka Savola
> Cc: Loughney John (NRC/Helsinki); [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Node Req: Issue31: DHCPv6 text (ignore previous mails)
>
>
> Pekka - The specific text is ambiguous ... however, in John's
> message of 11/20, there is a sentence later in the same paragraph:
>
> In this context, 'use DHCP' means trying to obtain only other
> configuration information through DHCP, not address(es).
>
> That sentence clarifies the text I quoted.
>
> - Ralph
>
> At 04:29 PM 11/20/2003 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
> >On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Ralph Droms wrote:
> > > I strongly suggest the use of "Nodes" (unqualified) in the text
> > > about the 'O' bit:
> > >
> > > IPv6 Nodes that implement DHCP, MUST use DHCP upon
> > > the receipt of a Router Advertisement with the 'O'
> flag set (see
> > > section 5.5.3 of RFC2462).
> > >
> > > There is no reason a router can't use DHCPv6 for other
> configuration
> > > information.
> >
> >I agree on this point.
> >
> >However, the text you quote is ambiguous, which was the reason for my
> >rewording proposal. If A node gets 'O' -bit advertisement (without M
> >bit), and implements DHCP, should it try to run it in "stateless
> >mode", without trying to get addresses or not?
> >
> >That is, "use DHCP" is not clear because it can refer to getting
> >addresses, other config information or both.
> >
> >Similarly, "implement DHCP" is not clear, because you can implement
> >full or stateless DHCP, which provide different functions.
> >
> >This text needs a bit of revising.
> >
> >--
> >Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
> >Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
> >Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
>
>
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