[Mip4] draft-ietf-mip4-gen-ext-03.txt

["McCann Peter-A001034" <pete.mccann at motorola.com>]

A question has arisen during the last call for 
draft-ietf-mip4-gen-ext-03.txt.

The draft includes the following text:

    There are mechanisms
    such as DHCP for the mobile node to configure information from the
    foreign network, but not from the home network when the mobile node
    is not attached to the home network.

However, this may not be strictly true.  In particular,
it might be possible to use a DHCPINFORM message through
the tunnel that was established with Mobile IP, thus eliminating
the need to encode DHCP options inside Mobile IP messages.
This would allow for a single configuration protocol to be
used whether the MN is at home or visiting.

I think we may have touched on this question during our last
chartering discussion but we might not have explored all the
ramifications.  Please, if you have an opinion either way 
express it now and give some background as to why you think so.
It is possible that we might turn this draft into a BCP-like
document for how to configure and run DHCP over the tunnel
to the home network.

-Pete


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