Editorial comment on draft-ietf-zeroconf-linklocal-10.txt
Ralph Droms <[email protected]>
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While technically the Abstract is correct, I found the initial reference to
"configuration" confusing relative to the address assignment provided by
v4LL. I suggest editing the Abstract to:
To participate in wide-area IP networking, a host needs to be
configured with IP addresses for its interfaces, either manually by
the user or automatically from a source on the network such as a
DHCP server. Unfortunately, such address configuration information
may not always be available. It is therefore beneficial for a host
to be able to depend on a useful subset of IP networking functions
even when no address configuration is available. This document
describes how a host may automatically configure an interface with
an IPv4 address within the 169.254/16 prefix that is valid for
communication with other devices connected to the same physical (or
logical) link.
- Ralph