Re: [dhcwg] Some comments regarding draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-unknown-msg-01

Tomek ,

> Note that the draft says nothing about message types. Here's part of the
> text that needs to be updated in my opinion: "A standards-compliant DHCP
> server will never send a message to the a relay other than in response
> to a message from a relay,...".

What do you think of the text:
NEW:
"A standards-complient DHCP server will never send a message to a relay for which the relay is the the intended recipient,  but is not able to recognize it."

Would it resolve the confusion?

Thanks,
Qi

On 2013-7-29, at 上午9:49, Tomek Mrugalski wrote:

> On 13-07-29 09:33, Ted Lemon wrote:
>> On Jul 29, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Marcin Siodelski <msiodelski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> According to RFC3315, server may use Relay-Reply message if it can't send Reconfigure directly to the client:
>> 
>> Right.   That's a relay-reply message, not a reconfigure message.
> Yes, but the message type is irrelevant. Marcin's point was that
> the draft says that that server will never send a message that is not a
> response to a message from a relay, which is not true.
> 
> Note that the draft says nothing about message types. Here's part of the
> text that needs to be updated in my opinion: "A standards-compliant DHCP
> server will never send a message to the a relay other than in response
> to a message from a relay,...".
> 
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