Re: [dhcwg] dhcpv6-24: confirm vs. renew vs. rebind

Thomas Narten <narten@us.ibm.com> writes:
> For the confirm, I gather that the only answer is "yes" or "no". If
> so, it would also be good to say that and point out that this message
> is used to decide whether a rebind/renew/request needs to be
> done. (note: In a separate note, I have questions about the overall
> utility of confirm.)

Hi, I'm not intending at all to fight over whether this particular
message is useful or not, especially since I was not involved in its
inclusion here.

Just wanted to mention a possible use that is to couple it with RIP
update messages within a small domain (what is small) to manage
mobility with host-based routes.  Within such a domain, access routers
are co-located with DHCP relays and the most central router is
co-located with the DHCP server.  The advantage of using confirm to
trigger the update is that the addition of the new route is triggered
from both ends of a path (from server and from relay), completing the
route supposedly faster.

Alex

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