[Autoconf] Could an AUTOCONF Router fail the Internet?

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Sat, 28 August 2010 13:51 UTC

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Subject: [Autoconf] Could an AUTOCONF Router fail the Internet?
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Could an AUTOCONF Router fail the Internet?  How?

If yes, then it'd be good to have a requirement in the Charter to avoid
that situation.

Such could be to _localize_ the AUTOCONF mechanism to an "end-system",
more of a Host, or a hosty Node, rather than a Router.   Or, the term
"Router" is used throughout in the Charter.  Typically Router means an
entity whose failure would fail the Internet altogether.

Charter text deadline - August 30th, 2010.

Alex