draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-opt-12.txt | draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-opt-13.txt | |||
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6man Working Group A. Matsumoto | 6man Working Group A. Matsumoto | |||
Internet-Draft T. Fujisaki | Internet-Draft T. Fujisaki | |||
Intended status: Standards Track NTT | Intended status: Standards Track NTT | |||
Expires: March 25, 2014 T. Chown | Expires: April 12, 2014 T. Chown | |||
University of Southampton | University of Southampton | |||
September 21, 2013 | October 09, 2013 | |||
Distributing Address Selection Policy using DHCPv6 | Distributing Address Selection Policy using DHCPv6 | |||
draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-opt-12.txt | draft-ietf-6man-addr-select-opt-13.txt | |||
Abstract | Abstract | |||
RFC 6724 defines default address selection mechanisms for IPv6 that | RFC 6724 defines default address selection mechanisms for IPv6 that | |||
allow nodes to select an appropriate address when faced with multiple | allow nodes to select an appropriate address when faced with multiple | |||
source and/or destination addresses to choose between. RFC 6724 | source and/or destination addresses to choose between. RFC 6724 | |||
allows for the future definition of methods to administratively | allows for the future definition of methods to administratively | |||
configure the address selection policy information. This document | configure the address selection policy information. This document | |||
defines a new DHCPv6 option for such configuration, allowing a site | defines a new DHCPv6 option for such configuration, allowing a site | |||
administrator to distribute address selection policy overriding the | administrator to distribute address selection policy overriding the | |||
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Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering | |||
Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute | Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute | |||
working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- | working documents as Internet-Drafts. The list of current Internet- | |||
Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. | Drafts is at http://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. | |||
Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months | Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months | |||
and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | |||
time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | |||
material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | |||
This Internet-Draft will expire on March 25, 2014. | This Internet-Draft will expire on April 12, 2014. | |||
Copyright Notice | Copyright Notice | |||
Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | Copyright (c) 2013 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | |||
document authors. All rights reserved. | document authors. All rights reserved. | |||
This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | |||
Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | |||
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of | (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of | |||
publication of this document. Please review these documents | publication of this document. Please review these documents | |||
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(b) preserve the existing flags and active policy table, whether | (b) preserve the existing flags and active policy table, whether | |||
this be the default policy table, or user configured policy. | this be the default policy table, or user configured policy. | |||
Choice (a) SHOULD be the default, i.e. that the policy table is not | Choice (a) SHOULD be the default, i.e. that the policy table is not | |||
explictly configured by the user. | explictly configured by the user. | |||
3.2. Handling stale distributed flags and policy table | 3.2. Handling stale distributed flags and policy table | |||
When the information from the DHCP server goes stale, the flags and | When the information from the DHCP server goes stale, the flags and | |||
the policy table received from the DHCP server SHOULD be deprecated. | the policy table received from the DHCP server SHOULD be deprecated. | |||
The local configuration SHOULD be restored when the DHCP-supplied | ||||
configuration has been deprecated. In order to implement this, a | ||||
host can retain the local configuration even after the flags and the | ||||
policy table is updated by the distributed flags and policy table. | ||||
The received information can be considered stale in several cases, | The received information can be considered stale in several cases, | |||
e.g., when the interface goes down, the DHCP server does not respond | e.g., when the interface goes down, the DHCP server does not respond | |||
for a certain amount of time, and the Information Refresh Time is | for a certain amount of time, or the Information Refresh Time has | |||
expired. | expired. | |||
3.3. Handling multiple interfaces | 3.3. Handling multiple interfaces | |||
The policy table, and other parameters specified in this document, | The policy table, and other parameters specified in this document, | |||
are node-global information by their nature. One reason being that | are node-global information by their nature. One reason being that | |||
the outbound interface is usually chosen after destination address | the outbound interface is usually chosen after destination address | |||
selection. So a host cannot make use of multiple address selection | selection. So a host cannot make use of multiple address selection | |||
policies even if they are stored per interface. | policies even if they are stored per interface. | |||
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