[ I'm forwarding Samita's answer to ietf@xxxxxxxx on her behalf. ] ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: Last Call: draft-chakrabarti-ipv6-addrselect-api (IPv6 Socket API for Address Selection) to Informational RFC Date: Tuesday 05 June 2007 20:44 From: "Samita Chakrabarti" <samitac2@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Narayanan, Vidya" <vidyan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx, Erik.Nordmark@xxxxxxx, "Julien Laganier" <julien.IETF@xxxxxxxxxxx> Hi Vidya, The following comment has been addressed already as part of Ted Hardie's comments. A new API will be provided to select/bind the preferred source address before connect(). Thanks, -Samita On 6/4/07, Narayanan, Vidya <vidyan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > I'm passing along a comment from one of our > developers. Sorry, I have not closely read the > draft myself. But, if more clarification is needed, > I'll be happy to get more information. > > In section 13, the draft describes a procedure > applications should follow in case they require to > use the address according to the selection > preferences specified (they should not communicate > with 'wrong' address and fail). The procedure > requires the application to do a 'connect()' in step > 3. The application may not even want to connect (may > be a TCP application) in case it is not getting a > non-preferred address. There should be a procedure > described for such applications too. > > Thanks, > Vidya > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IESG [mailto:iesg-secretary@xxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 3:41 PM > > To: IETF-Announce > > Subject: Last Call: > > draft-chakrabarti-ipv6-addrselect-api (IPv6 Socket > > API for Address Selection) to Informational RFC > > > > The IESG has received a request from an individual > > submitter to consider the following document: > > > > - 'IPv6 Socket API for Address Selection ' > > <draft-chakrabarti-ipv6-addrselect-api-05.txt> > > as an Informational RFC > > > > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few > > weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. > > Please send substantive comments to the > > ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2007-06-04. > > Exceptionally, comments may be sent to > > iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please > > retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow > > automated sorting. > > > > The file can be obtained via > > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-chakraba > >rti-ipv6-add > > rselect-api-05.txt > > > IESG discussion can be tracked via > > https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi > >?command=vie > > w_id&dTag=9992&rfc_flag=0 > > > _______________________________________________ > > IETF-Announce mailing list > > IETF-Announce@xxxxxxxx > > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announ > >ce ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf