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[dhcwg] RFC 3315 ambiguity about MRC

Francis Dupont <Francis.Dupont@fdupont.fr> Mon, 03 December 2007 19:26 UTC

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The RFC 3315 (DHCPv6) is ambiguous about the real meaning of MRC (in 14.):
 - the name means "Maximum retransmission count"
                           ^^

 - the text says:

   MRC specifies an upper bound on the number of times a client may
   retransmit a message.  Unless MRC is zero, the message exchange fails
   once the client has transmitted the message MRC times.
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^

so does the MRC include the initial transmission?
A good case for an erratum...

Regards

Francis.Dupont@fdupont.fr

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