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Re: [v6ops] RFC7084

Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com> Wed, 11 December 2013 06:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] RFC7084
From: Ted Lemon <ted.lemon@nominum.com>
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On Dec 10, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> wrote:
> that's incorrect. there are no flags in the RA that indicates if prefix delegation is available or not.   prefix delegation is between routers, routers don't listen to RAs was the rationale.

It's certainly true that RFC 4861 doesn't mention prefix delegation, and this is a plausible rationale for not doing so.   However, the HG is clearly a router, and it's being required to listen to RAs, so the distinction you are making is _extremely_ artificial.

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