Hi Everyone, Is there a notion that auto-configured IPv6 addresses based on globally unique prefixes are transient compared to manually configured ones? I know that we could configure them to have infinite lifetimes & such, but I am thinking of a large IPv6 deployment where these addresses are expected to be up 24/7. I mean, just the fact that lifetimes could be modified on the router, the advertising router could become unreachable etc.
As an IPv6 application developer, would I have to factor in this "transiency" of autoconf addresses in my design all the time? How safe & normal is it to replace all manual IPv6 address configuration with auto-configuration in a large IPv6 deployment esp in an environment that is very sensitive to non-availability of addresses? Another related question, is it common for a site's global prefix(es) to change? In this regard, are they any different from an IANA assigned IPv4 network-id for example? Thanks & Regards Vijay -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
