Re: [rfc2462bis] what is the stateful configuration protocol

[Alain Durand <Alain.Durand at Sun.COM>]

On Apr 14, 2004, at 3:48 AM, Ralph Droms wrote:

> Jinmei-san,
>
> I think DHCPv6 ought to be cited as the protocol for other 
> configuration
> information, as well.
This is the logical extension.

> However, it seems to me the phrase "stateful protocol for *other*
> configurations" is a little misleading.  I think the word "stateful" 
> could
> be dropped.
Hummm, what about a DHCPv6 server that would return different values of 
some config parameters
for different requesting nodes?

I think the whole notion of stateful vs stateless is a bit 
misleading/confusing anyway, so maybe you're right,
we should drop the word.

	- Alain.


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