Subject: (ngtrans) prefix lifetimes

From: "Sean Lin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:56:42 +1300

Hi,
    There's something I'm pondering about. In RFC2461 it mentions of the prefix list kept by routers. These prefixes have valid and preferred lifetimes that do not decrement? So if a router has similar prefixes that it uses as interface addresses which its lifetime does decrement, wouldn't this be bad? Since the prefix lifetime stays the same and gets advertised. Or is the administrator suppose to prevent this from happening?

Regards,
Sean