Hi,
for references purposes, I tried to find in the RFCs without success a
reference describing the arp self mechanism, which is used by many
implementations in IPv4 to verify the usability of an address. Anyone can
help me find the reference?
thanks in advance.
Marc.
See <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/
draft-ietf-zeroconf-ipv4-linklocal-03.txt>.
This cleared WG last-call in April, and has been submitted
to the IESG for advancement to Proposed Standard.
See sections 2.2. and 2.3.
Note that though this draft discusses probing and collision
detection for link-local addresses, it is advisable to do
this for all IPv4 addresses, no matter how they are configured.
Stuart Cheshire <cheshire(_at_)apple(_dot_)com>
* Wizard Without Portfolio, Apple Computer
* Chairman, IETF ZEROCONF
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