Re: [MEXT] draft-arkko-mext-rfc3775-altcoa-check-00.txt

Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net> Fri, 22 February 2008 17:13 UTC

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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:18:33 +0100
From: Jari Arkko <jari.arkko@piuha.net>
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Francis,

> => there is a known case: in the return to home it is useful to have
> different source and care-of addresses. For instance the source address
> can be a link-local address when the care-of address is by definition
> the home address.
> So I propose to relax your new requirement by:
>  1- accepting the source address or the home address as a valid care-of
>   address;
>  2- make the check policy-based with the check "on" for the default policy
>   ("on" ::= perform the check and reject the BU when it fails).
>   

OK -- thanks for this. I actually already changed this due to someone
else's comment. The text now reads:

"If the address in the Alternate Care-of Address option is not the same
as either the home address or the Source Address field in the IPv6
header of the Binding Update packet, then ..."

Jari


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