Re: [DNA-BOF] Attachment Detection charter text for discussion

[Bernard Aboba <aboba@internaut.com>]

> I think that the event of attaching occurs whether
> or not the system has a link-hint available.
> So detecting network attachment is a goal even when
> the link's assistance is not there.
>
> We'll have to be careful not to give the impression that
> this will only work with L2 assistance.

One way to think of this is that a "hint" is always available. If there is
no L2 assistance, then the "hint" is that the host is attached to the last
network it had previously attached to.

Of course the hint can be wrong so it always needs to be verified.