Re: [IPsec] INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS for link local address assignment

[Dan McDonald <danmcd at sun.com>]

> Since the Interface Identifier is only used to form an IPv6 link-local 
> address (non-link-local addresses can be configured from the assigned 
> prefixes and any interface identifier) it would be simpler that the 
> client's IPv6 link-local address is assigned via the existing 
> configuration attribute INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS,

Agreed.  (And isn't this what I mentioned earlier on this list?)

> while the INTERNAL_IP6_LINK would contain the Link Identifier only.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> > 7.1.  INTERNAL_IP6_LINK Configuration Attribute
> >
> >    The INTERNAL_IP6_LINK configuration attribute is formatted as
> >    follows:
> >
> >                         1                   2                   3
> >     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
> >    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> >    !R|         Attribute Type      !            Length             |
> >    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
NUKE>  |                          Link-Local                           |
NUKE>  |                         Interface ID                          |
NUKE>  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> >    ~                        IKEv2 Link ID                          ~
> >    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

So INTERNAL_IP6_LINK would remove the bits I have prefixed with NUKE> ?

I have another question, but I suspect reading the draft will answer it.

Thanks!
Dan
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