Re: [IPsec] INTERNAL_IP6_ADDRESS for link local address assignment

[Julien Laganier <julien.laganier.ietf at googlemail.com>]

On Wednesday 17 September 2008, Dan McDonald wrote:
> > 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?)

Yes, this is one of the things you mentioned. 

> > 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>
> ?

Right. And probably INTERNAL_IP6_LINK would become INTERNAL_IP6_LINKID.

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

All right then.

--julien
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