Re: [netmod] ipv6 config parameters

[Ladislav Lhotka <[e-mail]>]

On Nov 14, 2011, at 5:14 PM, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:36:01AM +0100, Martin Bjorklund wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Here are two issues for the draft-ietf-netmod-ip-cfg document.
>> 
>> 
>> RFC 4862 (IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration) states:
>> 
>>   A node MUST allow the following autoconfiguration-related variable to
>>   be configured by system management for each multicast-capable
>>   interface:
>> 
>>     DupAddrDetectTransmits
>> 
>> Should we add this leaf to our data model?
> 
> If RFC 4862 says so...
> 
>> RFC 4861 (Neighbor Discovery in IPv6) states:
>> 
>>   A router MUST allow for the following conceptual variables to be
>>   configured by system management.
>> 
>>     <list of a handful of config params>
>> 
>> Should we add these variables to our data model, conditional on an
>> if-feature?    They are present in the IP-MIB.
> 
> The question here is what is in scope of this work and what is out of
> scope. Are we limiting this data model to the configuration of
> interfaces or do we include things happening on routers, like the
> configuration of routing advertisements. In fact, if we take a broad
> definition of the scope, we will have to work through
> 
> draft-ietf-6man-node-req-bis-11.txt
> 
> and all the mandatory stuff it references. And also 4941 comes into my
> mind and there is ongoing work on source address selection and even
> discussion today how to handle situations where you get potentially
> conflicting information via RAs and DHCP. Since it is unlikely that we
> will be successful covering everything configurable in the IP layer,
> we should in my view have a plan how to put things into manageable
> pieces.

Yes, that's why I don't want to have an ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing module as a part of the routing-cfg draft.

Lada

> 
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