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Re: NOTE: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-v6ops-mech-v2-01.txt



Hmm - you seem to be assuming that the only reason for router A
to send an RS to router B (and get an RA back) is for the purpose
of autoconfiguration (i.e., RFC 2462, section 5.5.3). I'm not
assuming that at all.

I believe it is useful in some cases for router A to discover the prefixes
being advertised by router B w/o necessarily seeking to autoconfigure
addresses based on those prefixes. (RFC 2461, section 6.2.7 gives one
such example.)

Fred
ftemplin@iprg.nokia.com


Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:

	i guess i mentioned it in the past, if we allow routers to advertise
	different set of prefixes (which is the case now with RFC2462) and
	allow routers to autoconfigure themselves with RA, we go into
	bootstraap problem when router reboots.  i consider autoconfiguring
	router is a dangerous idea, and "hybrid router" idea is too.

itojun