[141904] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kelly Setzer)
Mon Jun 13 21:18:09 2011
From: Kelly Setzer <Kelly.Setzer@wnco.com>
To: 'Leo Bicknell' <bicknell@ufp.org>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:17:57 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20110614005453.GA99359@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> -----Original Message-----=0D=0A> From: Leo Bicknell [mailto:bicknell@ufp=
=2Eorg]=0D=0A> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 7:55 PM=0D=0A> To: nanog@nanog=
=2Eorg=0D=0A> Subject: Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6=0D=0A> =
=0D=0A[snip] =0D=0A> I understand on some level why the IETF doesn't want D=
HCPv4 to be able to hand=0D=0A> out IPv6 stuff, and doesn't want DHCPv6 to =
hand out=0D=0A> IPv4 stuff=2E In the long run if you assume we transition =
to IPv6 and run only=0D=0A> IPv6 for years after that it makes sense=2E=0D=
=0A> =0D=0A> However, I do think a single option is needed in both, "Protoc=
olsAvailable"=2E=0D=0A> Today it could have "4" or "6", or "4,6"=2E=0D=0A[s=
nip]=0D=0A=0D=0ADNS is "two-legged"=2E DNS and DHCP are so intertwined fro=
m an operational perspective, I don't see how we'll get through this withou=
t DHCP becoming two-legged=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A> This would allow end stations to=
greatly optimize their behavior at all stages=0D=0A> of deployment=2E=0D=
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