Thomas - (hoping to fan the discussion) I think operators have expressed the desire to operate networks in DHCP-only mode, and the response has been "No, you don't really want to operate your networks that way".
If operators came forward again with a strong desire to operate networks using only DHCP, and no other technical reason, would they get a different answer today? - Ralph On May 23, 2011, at 4:10 PM 5/23/11, Thomas Narten wrote: >> Is the intention for the new text to relax the requirement for >> auto-configuration? > > No. SLAAC remains a MUST. DHCPv6 though is now a SHOULD. > > For one thing, DHCP doesn't have an option configure on-link prefixes, > so we still need SLAAC. > > What we should have done oh-so-long-ago is ensure that you could > configure/operate a network with just DHCP (and no SLAAC at all) and > vice versa, and than made both a MUST on hosts. That way, operators > truly have the choice as to which to use and everything would just > work. > > Thomas > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
