Subject: RE: PANA FAQ

From: "Hesham Soliman (EAB)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:41:11 +0200

> > => Agree with Yoshi here. You cannot stop a node on an ethernet
  > > link from sending any ND messages. So there is no point in saying 
  > > that it should not be done before authentication, if a 
  > rule can't be 
  > > enforced then there is no point in mandating it.
  > 
  > Enforcement points could be configured to let only PANA
  > packets go by until the client is authenticated. That would prevent
  > any other type of packets, including ND signaling.

=> But on a shared media, where neighbours can communicate
directly to each other, I can't see how you can stop a device
from sending NS/NA/RS.

  > 
  > Also, the proposal was *not* to "force IP address configuration
  > to happen only after PANA", but to "allow IP address 
  > configuration to 
  > happen before or after PANA". Just for clarification...
  > 

=> OK

Hesham