Re: Comments on draft-ietf-multi6-v4-multihoming-02

At 03:26 AM 11/11/2004, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>>Hi Iljitsch,
>...
>>So what I meant more was that if we use keep-alives at the multi6
>>layer, then perhaps this could be something that the upper layer
>>could set the keep-alive behavior.  However, I still don't know if
>>you are suggesting that we use keep-alives at the multi6 layer
>>(in some circumstances) or if you would kick this up to the application
>>layer.
>
>IMHO: In a modular multi6 design, this shouldn't be prescribed.
>The connectivity detection component might use keep-alives on Tuesdays,
>SNMP traps on Wednesdays, and hints from the ULP the rest of the week.
>This really should not become an architectural choice.


precisely - and I believe that this was noted in the architecture draft

   Geoff