IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: Consensus call on adopting <draft-krishnan-6man-rs-mark-08.txt>

Philip Homburg <pch-6man@u-1.phicoh.com> Fri, 22 October 2010 14:59 UTC

Return-Path: <pch-b6B5344D9@u-1.phicoh.com>
X-Original-To: ipv6@core3.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ipv6@core3.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695F828C0E7 for <ipv6@core3.amsl.com>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:59:55 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -4.36
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.36 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.239, BAYES_00=-2.599, GB_I_LETTER=-2]
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([64.170.98.32]) by localhost (core3.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id KWszh3CfkrvH for <ipv6@core3.amsl.com>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:59:53 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from stereo.hq.phicoh.net (stereo.hq.phicoh.net [130.37.15.35]) by core3.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7604F3A6888 for <ipv6@ietf.org>; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:59:51 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from stereo.hq.phicoh.net ([127.0.0.1]) by stereo.hq.phicoh.net with esmtp (Smail #2) id m1P9J7Y-0001VwC; Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:01 +0200
Message-Id: <m1P9J7Y-0001VwC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net>
To: Suresh Krishnan <suresh.krishnan@ericsson.com>
Subject: Re: Consensus call on adopting <draft-krishnan-6man-rs-mark-08.txt>
From: Philip Homburg <pch-6man@u-1.phicoh.com>
Sender: pch-b6B5344D9@u-1.phicoh.com
References: <3F7E0126-76FB-43BA-B25F-1EE226FA73AA@gmail.com> <79ECC38B-B7AD-47B1-B6A4-E0B4F75B91F1@gmail.com> <m21v7icp8p.wl%randy@psg.com> <m1P9IGH-0001fnC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net> <4CC19ACF.5070706@ericsson.com> <m1P9IZF-0001gMC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net> <4CC1A3A5.9040209@ericsson.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:45:57 -0400 ." <4CC1A3A5.9040209@ericsson.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:01:16 +0200
Cc: IPv6 WG Mailing List <ipv6@ietf.org>
X-BeenThere: ipv6@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9
Precedence: list
List-Id: "IPv6 Maintenance Working Group \(6man\)" <ipv6.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6>, <mailto:ipv6-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ipv6>
List-Post: <mailto:ipv6@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ipv6-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6>, <mailto:ipv6-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:59:55 -0000

In your letter dated Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:45:57 -0400 you wrote:
>> But now I'm a bit confused. Given that the AN now has to ability to originat
>e
>> RS messages, why is it forwarding the end-device' RS at all? Is that only to
>> support SEND?
>
>Exactly. The ability to send host-initiated RSs through is mainly for 
>supporting SEND pass through, as this capability was deemed very 
>important by the WG.

Then I guess the obvious next question is how this interacts with SEND if
the original 3 RS messages are lost.

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email