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Re: [Anima-bootstrap] Brian: GRASP parameter for registrar discovery by proxy

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 23 February 2017 16:08 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Anima-bootstrap] Brian: GRASP parameter for registrar discovery by proxy
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Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
    > That seems to go back to using discover/response. Wrong answer, IMHO;
    > flooding is simpler: fewer messages and richer semantics. I'm going to
    > assume that below.

What if the Registrar needs to be aware of the Join Proxy (prior to it making
use of it), and may need to do some (local) configuration or load balancing
in the decision to provide service to that proxy.

This seems to be a clear case where discovery ought to be used.

    > (Also, using link-local examples is an oversight, surely: this should
    > be an ACP address, e.g. fdab:dead:beef::1234, I think.)

Yes, exactly. It should be an ACP address.

    > The could be sent all in one Flood message, or in separate ones,
    > possible from different sources if there were actually two registrars,

It seems like Flood responses and Responses ought to be interchangeable.

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