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Re: RFC 5006 status

To: Philip Homburg <pch-v6ops@u-1.phicoh.com>
Subject: Re: RFC 5006 status
From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:08:01 +0100
Cc: Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie>, IPv6 Operations <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>
In-reply-to: <m1NsfXZ-0001cEC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net>
References: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1003180441110.9819@uplift.swm.pp.se> <m1NsBT1-0001bWC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net> <20100318090413.GE69383@Space.Net> <m1NsCBb-0001blC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net> <40f323d01003180356m77c9bc9ch3308ee14c47bd495@mail.gmail.com> <m1NsDlE-0001bZC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net> <86634tlovt.fsf@brain.hack.org> <m1NsHEf-0001c5C@stereo.hq.phicoh.net> <4BA3AB04.4040902@inex.ie> <m1NsfXZ-0001cEC@stereo.hq.phicoh.net>
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Hi,

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 05:59:15PM +0100, Philip Homburg wrote:
> I think nobody yet remarked in this thread that RAs tend to be periodic
> whereas DHCP is not. 

I did...

> So you end up broadcasting (officially multicasting,
> but everybody gets it anyhow) the same DNS entries over and over again. 

Which is good.  Because it is the only way to get updated information
to clients the moment they are updated, except of waiting for the 
clients to poll for them.

(Less important for DNS, more important for change of on-link prefixes)

Gert Doering
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