Re: [homenet] Fwd: I-D Action: draft-haddad-homenet-gateway-visibility-00.txt

On Oct 26, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Wassim Haddad wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories.
> 
> Title: Ensuring Home Network Visibility to Home Gateway
> 
> This memo describes a mechanism designed to increase the home gateway visibility on the home network that it is serving.  This includes knowledge of all IPv6 addresses configured using prefixes assigned by
> the home gateway and advertised by router(s) attached to it.
> 
> A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-haddad-homenet-gateway-visibility-00.txt
> 
> 
> Your comments are appreciated!
> 
The draft says "In such scenario, it can be useful for the HGW(s)
   to keep track of all IPv6 addresses configured by different types of
   end devices that get attached to the home network via router(s)
   connected to the HGW(s)."

but give zero justification for WHY it might be useful. I can't think of any reason at all, but I assume you can but just thought it too obvious to write down.

Could you educate me?

Thanks, 
DaveO.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Wassim H.
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