Re: Middleboxes [Was: Flow label versus Extension header - protocol itself]

[Erik Nordmark <erik.nordmark@sun.com>]

marcelo bagnulo braun wrote:

> well, i guess that addresses could be delivered through dhcp also.
> I mean, the middle box delivers the HBA/CGA through dhcp to the hosts 
> and performs proxy funtions for this hosts, since it knows the 
> associated paramenters

So the DHCP server would need to be part of the middlebox, and hand back 
the ULID to the host, while maintaining the complete HBA/CGA set.

But you need to given all the addresses to the host so that there are 
redundant addresses available for it during initial communication, don't 
you?

If the DHCP server only hands back one address to the host, what would 
happen when a shim6 capable host is used? It would want all the 
addresses/prefixes so it could do shim6 on its own.

Seems tricky to do this.

   Erik