Pars Mutaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks. But I still believe that a host should be able to test > if it is reachable in dormant mode (reachable, or reachable within > reasonable delay). This is good for dormant mode security.
Why? This is a problem statement you are asserting. Rather than discuss possible solutions, I think it is important to first establish whether this is an actual problem people think we need to solve. Personally, I'm skeptical. If a node is dormant, why does it want to expend resources (like waking up) if the link (at the IP layer) isn't working -- given that it is dormant? It's far from clear that a dormant node should monitor link status with the same aggressiveness it would if it was awake, especially if that has impact on battery life. It may well be that it wants to maintain the liveness of the paging channel when it is in dormant mode, but my initial reaction would be that that would be an L2 issues exclusively, and not something that needs to be visible to IP. Thomas -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
