@techreport{pentland-dna-protocol-01, number = {draft-pentland-dna-protocol-01}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-pentland-dna-protocol/01/}, author = {Sathya Narayanan}, title = {{Detecting Network Attachment in IPv6 Networks (DNAv6)}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2005, month = jul, day = 19, abstract = {Efficient detection of network attachment in IPv6 needs the following two components: a method for the host to query routers on the link to identify the link (Link Identification) and a method for the routers on the link to consistently respond to such a query with minimal delay (Fast RA). Solving the link identification based strictly on RFC 2461 is difficult because of the flexibilities offered to routers in terms of prefixes advertised in a router advertisement (RA) message. Similarly, the random delay in responding to router solicitation messages imposed by RFC 2461 makes to it difficult to achieve fast RA. A known set of solutions to these two problems was identified and catalogued by the DNA design team. In this memo, an integrated solution is presented, based on a sub-set of the catalogued solutions. This integrated solution consolidates most of the advantages of all known solutions while addressing most of the disadvantages.}, }