Folks - It seems that folks are considering two related, yet still orthogonal topics for inclusion in the MIF charter: - Conflicts between configuration parameters. - Issues with address selection. (These two topics also span "issues with multiple network connections", which has been brought up as well.) The first topic talks about a problem of the network stack: How are conflicting parameters for host or interface configuration reconciled with each other, or, if not reconcilable, which parameters win? This issue may come up if configuration parameters are received from multiple sources, such as from any set of default routers, DHCP servers, and manual configuration. Hosts with multiple interfaces are more likely to be confronted with this issue, but the issue may also come up for hosts with a single interface. The second topic talks about a problem of applications: When initiating a connection, which pair of source and destination address (and consequently which pair of interfaces) should be used? Again, this issue may come up independently of whether a host has one or multiple interfaces -- though the presence of multiple interfaces makes the issue more difficult to tackle and, since it determines which interface pair is used, also more important. Both topics need work; the arguments that have been put forth clearly show this. And we have to make a decision whether to tackle either or both of these topics in the MIF working group. Personally, I feel that the workload of both topics will be manageable for a single working group. Though, if we decide to tackle both, then the working group charter would have to explicitly list these topics as two separate ones. This would require some, but not much, rewriting of the charter. In any case, the working group acronym could actually stay as is. If the working group will tackle both topics, we could re-use the acronym for "Multiply Interface Addressing and Configuration". If only one of the topics will be tackled, then we could just remove from this the words "and Configuration" or "Addressing and", respectively. - Christian _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf