Re: [dhcwg] WGLC for draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv4-over-dhcpv6-03 - Respond by Dec 9, 2013

[Tom Taylor <[e-mail]>]

I think this hinges on when the client starts acting as a 4o6 client, 
which is not clear but really doesn't matter. May I suggest the 
following phrasing:

"Again by default, a 4o6 client communicates with the 4o6 DHCP servers
  using the well-known All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers multicast
  address.  However, the client SHOULD ...".

Tom Taylor


On 06/12/2013 4:00 PM, Bernie Volz (volz) wrote:
> No. That is not the case. The 4o6 DHCP client doesn't start
> communicating until it has received the option(s) from the DHCPv6
> server and then it knows whether it got a list of servers to send to
> or whether it should use the default multicast address. Read the
> paragraph previous to the one in question.
>
> - Bernie
>
> -----Original Message----- From: dhcwg
> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent: Friday,
> December 06, 2013 3:50 PM To: Bernie Volz (volz); [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [dhcwg] WGLC for draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv4-over-dhcpv6-03 -
> Respond by Dec 9, 2013
>
> I think "initially" is correct. When the client first comes up, it
> does not normally have a server unicast address. Even though the
> client and server have not yet agreed on 4o6 provisioning at that
> point, the client has reached the 4o6 server using multicast.
>
> Tom
>
> On 06/12/2013 3:20 PM, Bernie Volz (volz) wrote:
>> Fixed the subject ...
>>
>> Yes, this is a good point. I am not sure initially is any better.
>>
>> Perhaps this should just be reworded to say that the client uses
>> one of the two methods (multicast to
>> All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers) or to the list indicated in the
>> option.
>>
>> - Bernie
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: dhcwg
>> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Tom Taylor Sent:
>> Friday, December 06, 2013 3:02 PM To: Bernie Volz (volz);
>> [e-mail] Subject: Re: [dhcwg] WGLC -
>> draft-ietf-dhc-option-guidelines-12 - Respond by July 15
>>
>> I've just reviewed all the discussion of Server address and I
>> think what I'm about to say is still relevant. This is just a
>> trivial wording remark.
>>
>> The last paragraph of Section 4 says:
>>
>> Typically, a 4o6 DHCP client communicates with the 4o6 DHCP
>> servers using well-known All_DHCP_Relay_Agents_and_Servers
>> multicast address. Client SHOULD request the 4o6 Server Address
>> Option from a DHCPv6 server and the server may be configured to
>> respond to the client with one such option that contains one or
>> more unicast addresses of the 4o6 DHCP Servers.  The server
>> includes 4o6 Server Address Option in Advertise and Reply messages.
>> The format of the option is defined in Section 6.3.
>>
>> The word "typically" in the first sentence seems to clash with
>> "[The] client SHOULD request ..." in the next sentence. Do you mean
>> to say "initially" rather than "typically"?
>>
>> Tom Taylor
>>
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