On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Ralph Droms <rdroms.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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". >
one gotcha with 'dhcp only' is perhaps folks mean: "slaac to signal v6 is on-net, but require full config from a dhcpv6 server". How does a host know that v6 is available otherwise? (this may be why someone said "you don't really want to do that..') -chris > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
