[141898] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kelly Setzer)
Mon Jun 13 20:33:29 2011
From: Kelly Setzer <Kelly.Setzer@wnco.com>
To: 'Jimmy Hess' <mysidia@gmail.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:33:14 -0500
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikwRn=yAVwjaCXssxZzO81LROiXyQ@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> -----Original Message-----=0D=0A> From: Jimmy Hess [mailto:mysidia@gmail=
=2Ecom]=0D=0A> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 8:43 PM=0D=0A> To: nanog@nanog=
=2Eorg=0D=0A> Subject: Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6=0D=0A> =
=0D=0A> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp=2Eorg> =
wrote:=0D=0A> > DHCP today uses an exponential backoff if there is no respo=
nse, I don't=0D=0A[snip]=0D=0A=0D=0A> This could have been (but was unfortu=
nately not) mitigated in the v6 specs by=0D=0A> adding options to DHCPv4 to=
configure IPv6 address and gateway at the same=0D=0A> time IPv4 configura=
tion is received, in lieu of using v6 based=0D=0A> protocols for config;=
=0D=0A[snip]=0D=0A=0D=0AI've observed that when the unwashed masses begin d=
eploying new technologies, they have a terrible tendency to be disobedient,=
to change the rules, to revise specs=2E While the implementers implement =
and the operators operate, the professors profess to a quickly emptying lec=
ture hall=2E I have great faith that the experienced and pragmatic people =
who have to work with IPv6 on a daily basis will resolve things like the DH=
CP6/RA imbroglio=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AIPv6 will be much different in a few years=
=2E As a host guy in an enterprise-type organization, I'm looking forward =
to what you and people like you will cook up=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A</pep talk>=0D=
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