On May 26, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Mark Smith wrote: > <snip/> > I think relay should be a MUST. I want to see IPv6 achieve the same > level of autoconfiguration that previous protocols like Appletalk and > IPX achieved, which includes automated application/service parameter > configuration. If the application/service parameter source is off > link (i.e. an off-link DHCPv6 server), then currently the only way for > those options to passed opaquely to end-nodes via a router is via a > DHCPv6 relay capability. > <snip/>
I strongly concur with Mark re "MUST". It does not make sense to design in limitations which would require CPE firmware updates or other extreme measures to overcome later. If you feel strongly that DHCP relay should be "off by default", by all means make it so. But, don't design away the capability which some say that their business requires. IPv6 is supposed to be "just like IPv4, only better". Deliberately crippled by design is not "better". James R. Cutler james.cut...@consultant.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
