[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We do not create alternative ways to >do the same thing, because
doing so will burden >implementors with additional complexity and
reduces >the likelihood that nodes can communicate >successfully.
Picking a common way to do something is >the fundamental idea
behind standards.
In general that is true. However, for things such as IPv6 node
addressing we have DHCPv6 and SLAAC. The point is THAT there is >1
way to do something (in this case IPv6 node addressing).
It's not because there may exist several ways to skin a cat that there
should also be several ways to skin a dog.
If we're to compare, I'd compare the ICMPv6-PD effort with the RA option
to carry DNS Server effort. If things are to evolve quicker then we
could skip some intermediary steps.
Alex
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