On 22-jul-2007, at 21:17, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
it was repeatedly pointed out by Steve Deering and folks in pppext wg
that:
- they would like to simplify PPP and tons of PPP options in v4 was
a big mitake
- global address assignment, resolver IPv6 address information and
other info has to be passed by DHCPv6 or DHCPv6-lite
i do not want to see another round of the battle. we had it enough
in 1998-2000 timeframe.
It has been repeatedly pointed out by ME that PPP for IPv6 as it
exists today (in a context where DHCPv6 servers and clients and
operational procedures to make them work together don't exist on a
sufficiently wide scale and not to mention the differing
interpretations on the use of ND/RA) so PPP for IPv6 isn't used to
any measurable degree. Hence the return of investment on writing the
specifications and implementations is close to zero.
Answering the questions of whether this constitutes a problem, and if
so, whether it should be fixed, and if so, how, are left as an
exercise for the reader.
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