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

[Spencer Dawkins <spencer@mcsr-labs.org>]

Bernard's response points out how important it is to nail down what
"attachment" means.

So, I'm still trying to think things through - if you have enough IP
to talk to your hotel authentication web page, but not enough IP to
talk to www.yahoo.com, have we attached?

Spencer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernard Aboba" <aboba@internaut.com>
To: "JinHyeock Choi" <athene@sait.samsung.co.kr>
Cc: "Jari Arkko" <jari.arkko@kolumbus.fi>; "Brett Pentland"
<brett.pentland@monash.edu>; <greg.daley@eng.monash.edu.au>;
<dna@eng.monash.edu.au>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA-BOF] Attachment Detection charter text for
discussion


> > Attachment occurs when a host arrives on NOT 'a new IP subnet' BUT
'a new link'.
>
> Yes, because the host may not know what it has attached to.  So it
has
> to go through the DNA procedure to determine this.