Re: Weak host model vs .interface down

[Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>]

> The weak model doesn't go into such detail, it is assumption/impl. detail
> to assume that the ip address still is part of the system even when the interface
> is down. One could just as well define interface down as temporarly removing
> the IP address from the system too. This makes make much more sense to me and
> if you always want the system to answer on a IP adress you make it an IP alias.
> 
> Since the current behaviour is a problem to me and routers in general, can
> we change this? What is the current usage model which needs it to stay as is?

Router != end-system  so I wouldn't think the weak or strong end-system model 
would apply to a router.  I think Stephen already posted a patch to allow that 
for when one's box was a router rather than an end-system.

rick jones
It's a router!
No, it's an end-system!
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