Re: [v6ops] Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Sat, 11 November 2017 02:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)
To: Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org>
Cc: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, v6ops@ietf.org, "6man@ietf.org" <6man@ietf.org>
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On 11/10/2017 06:45 PM, Ole Troan wrote:
> Fernando,
> 
>> On 11 Nov 2017, at 05:04, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/10/2017 05:42 PM, Ole Troan wrote:
>>>> 1) My comment to the list was essentially arguing that this
>>>> document contains a protocol specification, and such part is not
>>>> suitable. I think it should be easy to converge on something
>>>> regarding this one:
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone (you, for instance), provide a definition of what is a
>>>> protocol, and the run this document through such definition and
>>>> figure out if it fits or it doesn't?
>>>
>>>
>>> A protocol is a system of rules that allow _two_ or more nodes to
>>> communicate. The protocol specifies the syntax, semantics and so on
>>> (1).
>>>
>>> A protocol specification does not specify only the wire format.
>>>
>>> 'unique-ipv6-prefix' does not specify changes in the wire-format, nor
>>> its semantics. It only requires implementation change on one 'side'
>>> of the protocol, namely on the routers. From that perspective I think
>>> you can argue that this is not a protocol specification.
>>
>> How do you get from this: "it only requires implementation change on one
>> 'side' of the protocol" to this: "From that perspective I think you can
>> argue that this is not a protocol specification". (First sentence
>> acknowledges it *is* a protocol)
> 
> For it to be a new protocol (or protocol change, it requires _two_ or more communicating entities to be updated.
> (The reference above was to the ND/SLAAC protocol.)

Who said you need to change both sides for it to be a protocol update?

You have a sate machine for each endpoint. As soon as you change one,
you have changed the protocol.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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