Re: IPv6 certification - IPv6 Router Advertisement Lifetime 0 and Reachable time 10 seconds

[Isaac <[e-mail]>]

Ole/Tim Winters/IETF team,

Yes, we understand these knobs but we wanted to understand more on
the scenario/topology. More importantly we wanted to understand the real
world scenario when this combination of RA lifetime 0 and reachable time 10
seconds is used and the technical merit of it for which we did not get
clear response (especially in the modern global IPv6 networks context).
It's surprising that the certification bodies haven't clearly mandated only
common/practical (although IETF has mentioned that these paramers need to
be configurable but never said explicitly that all permutation/combination
of values need to be supported. Vendors (definitely want) comply to RFCs
but do not want allow impractical values) use cases but have listed even
the corner scenario which may never be used. We understand that there are
thousand vendors who have implemented this combination. But we fear that
these are extra burden for vendors considering that vendors go ahead for
certification without questioning the certification body itself
believing that the certification body does its job of validating the modern
technical relevance. Ideally, we expect the certification body (if not
IETF) to re visit all the tests periodically to understand the relevancy as
time passes and modify if required (which is the purpose of the
certification body we believe). Sorry to have spilled certain discussions
pertaining to certification body in this forum. But we do not have much
option as we want technical answer from the IETF group. Let's not stop with
the high statements in RFC. The reason we approcahed IETF is to go one
level deep (especially in the context of modern day global networks) to
undertand the relevance of RA lifetime 0 and reachable time 10 seconds
whether it makes sense to support. These are our 2 cents contribution to
the community (if there is someone to listen!)

Thanks,
Isaac.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 2:30 AM Ole Troan <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Isaac,
>
> Need a favor, (if you have it handy) could you please point to a
> configuration by Cisco router (any of the product type would do) which
> sends out the RA lifetime 0 and reachable time 10 seconds and how commonly
> (practically) that is used? (Especially in the context of modern global
> networks where customers want things done autonmously/automatically with
> the least number of knobs possible)
>
>
> A quick search would have found that information for you.
> Basically:
> interface Ethernet0
>  ipv6 nd ra lifetime 0
>  ipv6 nd reachable-time 10000
>
>
> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/command/ipv6-cr-book/ipv6-i3.html
>
> Best regards,
> Ole
>
>