>>>>> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:40:33 +0900,
>>>>> JINMEI Tatuya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I've been editing a new version of rfc2462bis, mainly addressing AD
> comments, and I found one minor issue in Section 5.5.3 (creation of
> global addresses using RA):
(snip)
> So, I'd like to propose to revise the last paragraph of bullet (d) of
> Section 5.5.3 from:
> If an address is formed successfully, the host adds it to the list
> of addresses assigned to the interface, initializing its preferred
> and valid lifetime values from the Prefix Information option.
> to:
> If an address is formed successfully and the address is not yet in
> the list, the host adds it to the list of addresses assigned to
> the interface, initializing its preferred and valid lifetime
> values from the Prefix Information option. Note that the check
> against the prefix performed at the beginning of this step cannot
> always detect the address conflict in the list. It could be
> possible that an address already in the list, configured either
> manually or by DHCPv6, happens to be identical to the newly
> created address whereas such a case should be atypical.
I've not seen any responses to the proposal. I'll probably need to
wait for a while, but I'd rather to send this version as proposed
soon. Of course, comments on this change for the new version of the
document will be welcome.
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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