"Bjoern A. Zeeb" <b...@freebsd.org> wrote in <alpine.bsf.2.00.2208081552160.68...@ai.fobar.qr>:
bz> >> In 1)+2), there is no POLA for users of other DHCPv6 clients such as bz> >> dhcp6c or ISC's dhclient -6. A full-blown dhcpcd configuration, bz> >> which replaces dhclient/rtsold, is still possible. The cons are that bz> >> this is a partial integration of dhcpcd, which prevents some useful bz> >> feature available in the master mode, and some complexity remains in bz> >> the rc.d scripts. I think these are a trade-off. I am interested in bz> >> whether this integration has a big problem when people use the bz> >> imported dhcpcd. bz> >> bz> >> And probably we have to revisit this integration when we want to bz> >> support DHCP 4o6 or something that involves IPv4 and IPv6 at the same bz> >> time. The flexibility of the "toolbox" approach would be helpful in bz> >> minimizing the impact on the existing configurations when more future bz> >> integration change occurs. bz> > bz> > Agreed. I noted my concerns above and would favour a full blown dhcpcd configuration for new installs and leave the current dhclient/rtsold for exising installs. No need to force people to move. bz> bz> I think that is a very sensible approach to do it incrementally. bz> bz> If people can agree on bz> (1) importing it and first closing the gap of the missing DHCPv6 client making bz> sure it does all people have accumultaed over the years, bz> (2) and then solving the "how do I disable dhclient and rtsold and per-IF configs bz> and just run the-one-thing as an alternative in rc" in the 2nd step I agree with (1) before 14 and discussing (2) after that, separately. -- Hiroki
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