[136335] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: quietly....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Barak)
Wed Feb 2 11:19:29 2011
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:14:58 -0800 (PST)
From: David Barak <thegameiam@yahoo.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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From: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>=0A>I understand people use =
DHCP for lots of stuff today. But that's mainly because =0A>DHCP is there, =
not because it's the best possible way >to get that particular =0A>job done=
.=0A=0AI don't particularly care whether DHCP is the *best* way to get some=
particular =0Ajob done; I care that it is a well-known, well-understood wa=
y of *getting* the =0Ajob done, and lots of operational work, development, =
and process has gone into =0Amaking DHCP do this well, reliably, and scalab=
ly.=A0 The problem with DHCPv6 is =0Athat it doesn't do nearly enough when =
compared to DHCPv4, and there are not in =0Afact any good alternatives.=A0 =
The insistence on RA,=A0along with=A0a handwaving =0Adismissal of all of th=
ose folks who have a high reliance on DHCP has done a =0Atremendous disserv=
ice to the uptake of IPv6.=0A=0A=0A=0ADavid Barak=0ANeed Geek Rock? Try The=
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