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Re: 6MAN WG Last Call:draft-ietf-6man-ipv6-subnet-model-00.txt

Suresh Krishnan <suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com> Thu, 10 July 2008 15:56 UTC

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Hi Thomas,

Thomas Narten wrote:
> 
> Note also, that DNA approaches essentially "cache" information about
> the configuration of an interface across interfaces going up and down
> -- which is very similar to the type of caching you are proposing to
> disallow.

Ack. This is exactly what simple dna does. It temporarily sets all the 
cached address information to deprecated while seeking confirmation. If 
there is confirmation either using either an incoming RA or a solicited 
NA from a known router, the link information is reused.

Cheers
Suresh

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