In the discussion of IPv6 address selection , Dave Thaler asked me to
comment on this bullet from slide 10:
* DHCP option
- Hard to kick policy reconfigure by a server.
Not wanting to contribute to yet another iteration of the RA-vs-DHCP
debate, I'm responding through the mailing list. DHCPv6 has an
explicit mechanism, required by RFC 3315, in which a server can
asynchronously trigger a DHCPv6 message exchange from the client.
Suresh commented that the router might be a better source of updates
in some circumstances, when the selection policy is modified by
changes in the routing infrastructure as propagated by routing
protocols. I haven't thought about that scenario and can't comment...
- Ralph
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