Adrian Farrel via Datatracker <[email protected]> wrote: > Section 5
> You say:
> This document assumes that a single transaction for all of the IA
> options required on an interface is used, as recommended in Section
> 18.1 of [I-D.ietf-dhc-rfc8415bis].
> Section 18.1 of [I-D.ietf-dhc-rfc8415bis] says:
> This document assumes that a client SHOULD use a single transaction
> for all of the IA options required on an interface
> I asked the authors of draft-ietf-dhc-rfc8415bis to clarify this for
> me, and it appears that the intention here is to guide implementers on
> the wise course of action, but there is no implication for interop or
> bits on the wire.
> Anyway, notwithstanding the use of "SHOULD", it is perfectly possible
> and legal for multiple transactions to be used. That means that your
> draft needs to support multiple transactions even if it is suboptimal
> or self-harm for an implementation.
> What do you think? Is this support automatic in your spec? If so, I
> think you might clarify this text as (note lower case usage):
> This document recommends the use of a single transaction for all of
> the IA options required on an interface is used, as recommended in
> Section 18.1 of [I-D.ietf-dhc-rfc8415bis]. This simplifies the client
> implementation and reduces the potential number of transactions
> required. However, a client may use multiple transactions and the
> processes described in this document will funciton correctly.
Your text is an improvement, but I think that no words would be better.
As I wrote in my reply, I am not convinced that there are actually ever more
than one transaction to do.
If there is, then I'd like it if the srv6-locator document was explicit
about what those multiple transactions *are*
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Michael Richardson <[email protected]> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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