The IESG has approved the following document: - 'IPv4 Address Conflict Detection ' <draft-cheshire-ipv4-acd-06.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document has been reviewed in the IETF but is not the product of an IETF Working Group. The IESG contact person is Mark Townsley. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-cheshire-ipv4-acd-06.txt Technical Summary Problems arise when two nodes on the same link are (mis)configured with the same IP address. This document describes (i) a simple precaution that a host can take in advance of configuring and address to help prevent such misconfigurations from happening, and (ii) a simple mechanism by which a host can passively detect after-the-fact misconfigurations, so that the host may respond to rectify the problem. Working Group Summary This document is an independent submission and has not been reviewed by any WG. It has been reviewed on the int-area mailing list. Protocol Quality This document has been reviewed for the IESG by Thomas Narten and Mark Townsley. Its contents are based heavily on the implementation experience of the author. _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
