[AusNOG] IPv6 Router Advertisements - what they really are doing

[Mark Smith]

Hi,

This might be of interest here.

I think a field in IPv6 RAs needs to be renamed, however when I've thought
about it more, even Router Advertisements should be renamed, because they
do more than just advertise routers.

That's not realistic now given how prevalent "Router Advertisement"
terminology is. However, in the intro I've discussed what RAs are really
doing and how it may be worth remembering to think about what they're
actually doing.

More Accurately Naming IPv6 RA Router Lifetime
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-smith-6man-accurate-ra-router-lifetime-05

Regards,
Mark.
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