Re: [DNA] DNA Goals Issue List

[JinHyeock Choi <jinchoe@diffeo.com>]

> > > G1 DNA schemes should detect the identity of the currently attached
> > >      link to ascertain the validity of the existing IP configuration.
> > >      They should recognize and determine whether a link change has
> > >      occurred and initiate the process of acquiring a new configuration
> > >      if necessary.
> > Shouldn't the first sentence just be "DNA schemes should ascertain the
> > validity of current IP configuration." I would think, how (detecting the
> > identity of currently attached link) the goal (ascertaining the validity of
> > existing IP configuration) is acheived should not be specified in the goals
> > document?
> 
> Presumably the goal if detecting this is so that the host can quickly
> acquire the new configuration when it has moved to a new link.
> 
> Also, the DNA charter seems to acknowledge this as being part of what 
> the group should do:
> "The purpose of the DNA working group is to define
> standards track and BCP documents that allow hosts
> to detect their IP layer configuration and
> connectivity status quickly, proposing some
> optimization to the current specifications that
> would allow a host to reconfigure its IPv6 layer
> faster than today."

I agree. 

Actually when we wrote the charter, AD, Thomas Narten,
explicitly mentioned this.

Best Regards

JinHyeock