One more thing, I call this "scalable de-aggregation". It is a refinement of what first appeared in RFC6179.
Thanks - Fred fred.l.temp...@boeing.com > -----Original Message----- > From: ipv6-ops-bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing....@lists.cluenet.de > [mailto:ipv6-ops- > bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing....@lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Templin, > Fred L > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:52 PM > To: Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> > Cc: ipv6-ops@lists.cluenet.de > Subject: RE: DHCPv6 relay with PD > > Hi Nick, > > More on this, please see Section 3.7 on the AERO Routing System (2 pages). It > tells > how the DHCPv6 relay can inject delegated prefixes into the routing system > without > imparting unacceptable churn and while allowing scaling to many millions of > delegated > prefixes. There is a terminology gap to overcome in that an "AERO Server" > actually > implements both a DHCPv6 server and relay, while an "AERO Relay" is a simple > BGP > router and does not implement any DHCPv6 functions. > > The section is only two pages long. Let me know if you have any questions or > comments. > > Fred > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ipv6-ops-bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing....@lists.cluenet.de > > [mailto:ipv6-ops- > > bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing....@lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Templin, > > Fred L > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:35 PM > > To: Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> > > Cc: ipv6-ops@lists.cluenet.de > > Subject: RE: DHCPv6 relay with PD > > > > Hi Nick, > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ipv6-ops-bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing....@lists.cluenet.de > > > [mailto:ipv6-ops- > > > bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing....@lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Nick > > > Hilliard > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:13 PM > > > To: Templin, Fred L <fred.l.temp...@boeing.com> > > > Cc: ipv6-ops@lists.cluenet.de > > > Subject: Re: DHCPv6 relay with PD > > > > > > Templin, Fred L wrote: > > > > Folks, for real – read AERO. It works. I apologize if that offends > > > > anyone. > > > > > > Not at all. It's just that I'm confused about why we would need to > > > resort to a tunneling protocol in order to make basic ipv6 functionality > > > work. > > > > > > Would it not be better to try to make ipv6 work without resorting to > > > tunnels? > > > > Mobile clients that can change their point of attachment to the network and > > may be many hops away from the DHCPv6 relay are the primary use case that > > AERO is addressing. But, the way in which AERO manages the routing system > > I think applies even when tunnels aren't needed and the clients are on the > > same link as the relays. > > > > Thanks - Fred > > fred.l.temp...@boeing.com > > > > > Nick