RFC 4135 · INFORMATIONAL · 2005

Goals of Detecting Network Attachment in IPv6

Overview

RFC 4135, “Goals of Detecting Network Attachment in IPv6”, is an Informational document published in August 2005 by JH. Choi, G. Daley. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

When a host establishes a new link-layer connection, it may or may not have a valid IP configuration for Internet connectivity. The host may check for link change (i.e., determine whether a link change has occurred), and then, based on the result, it can automatically decide whether its IP configuration is still valid. During link identity detection, the host may also collect necessary information to initiate a new IP configuration if the IP subnet has changed. In this memo, this procedure is called Detecting Network Attachment (DNA). DNA schemes should be precise, sufficiently fast, secure, and of limited signaling. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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