Re: comments on draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-08.txt

Rereading my note I saw a couple errors, sorry.

Erik Guttman wrote:
> Proposed revisions of draft-ietf-zeroncof-ipv4-linklocal-08.txt
> after a detailed reread.
> 
> I do not expect these will be controversial.  Please express an
> opinion on them if you have one.
> 
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> 
> Editorial
> 
> 1) <draft-ietf-ipv4-linklocal-08.txt>
> should be the real draft number

should be the real draft *name*

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> 
> 2) Timing:
> 
> a) Note that in 1.3 "applicability" we state that
>    This specification applies to all IEEE 802 Local Area Networks (LANS)
>    ...that... have a round-trip latency of at most one second...
> 
> b) Section 2.2 says
>    When ready to begin probing the host should wait for a random time
>    interval selected uniformly in the range zero to one seconds, and
>    should then send three probe packets, spaced uniformly, zero to one
>    seconds apart.
> 
> c) I conclude:  If the applicability of this protocol includes
>    networks for which a  1 second round-trip latency can exist, it is
>    quite possible that all the probes will be answered by the host
>    sending the probes will ignore the replies.

it is quite possible for that all the probes will be answered, but the
host sending the probes will ignore the replies.

Erik