> > > I choose not to try to get to the mic, but on the debated > > requirement point > > 3; why is there a belief that the DHCP relay information is correctly > > configured if the simpler set of 2 bits is improperly configured? > > I think a case can be made for the notion that most routers and most > networks don't implement the bits today, so seeing MO==00 doesn't > really authoratively say there is no DHCP service, but just that the > routers operate in a default configuration.
Does this mean that the current implementations always do the DHCPv6 irrespective of the bits? > > So it would be useful to redefine MO==00 to mean "no opinion" and > come up with a new value that indicates authoritative information > that DHCPv6 is unavailable and/or shouldn't be used. If we define the 00=No Opinion, then we may need to use 11 to convey unavailability of DHCPv6, may not be good symantics. If we agree that we need to convey 'availability', 'unavailability' and 'no opinion; then how about the following combination M O 0 0 - DHCPv6 Not avaialble 0 1 - Only DHCP6v lite 1 0 - Full DHCPv6 1 1 - No opinion (router does not know if the DHCPv6 avaialble or not) -Syam -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
