Re: [dna] #17: DHCP and ND probes complete with different results

Suresh Krishnan <suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com> Wed, 16 September 2009 19:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: [dna] #17: DHCP and ND probes complete with different results
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Hi Bernard,

On 09-09-16 02:43 PM, Bernard Aboba wrote:
> 
>  > o If the DHCPv6 exchange was not authenticated and the neighbor
>  > discovery exchange was protected by SEND [RFC3971], use the result
>  > from the neighbor discovery probe.
> 
> What if the RA (protected by SEND) no longer announces a prefix and 
> indicates that DHCPv6 is now used for address assignment.  Should the 
> host not use the address assigned by DHCPv6 and instead use the address 
> formed as the result of a (no longer advertised) prefix?

In this case the neighbor discovery probe will conclude with the result 
that there has been a link change (since the prefix is no longer 
advertised). So the host will conclude that neither of these addresses 
are usable on the link.

Thanks
Suresh