RE: [nemo] multiple CoAs registration

"Pascal Thubert (pthubert)" <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:31:43 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.mobileip
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> >>
> >>   - Why do you introduce the interface identification (IFID) ? It
could
> >>be sufficient to only register a CoA with the associated priority.
> >>Therefore, when the MN has to choose the destination address for a
HoA,
> >>it can take the most preferred CoA, which is bound to the most
preferred
> >>interface of the MN.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Priority can be changed by some reason during communication, but IFID
> >can not be changed until MN want to change it.
> >
> Ok, I understand that. But what I mean is that I don't see the
> requirement to have the IFID... In the Binding Cache, an entry could
be
> identified by both the Home address and the CoA. It is sufficient to
> distinguish tow different entries. The priority field is then used to
> choose the CoA, i.e. the interface. No need to have the IFID I guess.

I believe we talked about that a lot already; there seems to be a
consensus on using the home address to identify uniquely a registration,
for checking and cleanup purposes. The IFID should not be used to that
purpose, and a registration should be able to migrate interface on the
MR side. If we do not find a valid usage for ifid (I have none in mind
at the moment) then it should be dropped, shouldn't it?

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Pascal