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Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:54:45 -0400
On 8/3/11 4:13 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
I agree that autoconf is desirable. Now, please explain to me why it is desirable for the address to change at random intervals from the customer perspective? (i.e. why would one want dynamic rather than static auto configuration?)
Because IPv6 was originally designed with the goal of completely transparent renumbering. Indeed, after many WG meetings over many years debating renumbering and all the problems that entailed for IPv4, some of my drafts proposed that IANA would renumber IPv6 for every ISP and IX at regular intervals! Thus, enforcing that all the dynamic configuration protocols actually work. :-) And nobody starts issuing licenses based on IP addresses anymore. :-(
Current thread:
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers, (continued)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 02)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 02)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Scott Reed (Aug 02)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 02)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers james machado (Aug 02)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 02)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers sthaug (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers sthaug (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers William Allen Simpson (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Bill Woodcock (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Matthew Palmer (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers sthaug (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Mikael Abrahamsson (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Jay Ashworth (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Jay Ashworth (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Owen DeLong (Aug 03)
- Re: dynamic or static IPv6 prefixes to residential customers Jay Ashworth (Aug 03)