RE: Address config (was: Node Req: Issue31: DHCPv6 text)

[john.loughney@nokia.com]

Hi Tim,

> > I don't think that the Node Requirements can specify what a 
> Node MUST do in order
> > to perform address config, but it can say what a node 
> should do when it gets a
> > Router Advertisement with the M or O bit set.
> 
> I think the nodes requirement text should simply not change the wording used
> in the existing RFCs.   So if 2462 says "should" then this text should use
> "should" as well.   Unless we know 100% we will revise the RFC.   This document
> is supposed to be a summary, not changing existing 
> new/conflicting standards.

Agreed.

John

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