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Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:22:31 -0400
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
Only sort of... This only works if you don't want to auto-configure things like DNS, NTP, etc. I would like to see both protocols made optionally complete, so, in addition to fixing DHCPv6 by adding routing information options, I'd also like to see something done where it would be possible to add at least DNS servers to RA.
The RA's aren't really supposed to be for configuring applications. DNS and NTP are applications in the IPv4 and IPv6 paradigms, not core protocol functions. Another approach to the problem would be defining anycast addresses (in the IPv4 sense of anycast) defined as "nearest DNS resolver" and "nearest NTP server." You then make a request directed to that anycast address to discover the unicast addresses of the servers you should be using. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside comĀ bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
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- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Tim Chown (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Iljitsch van Beijnum (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Ray Soucy (Jun 10)
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- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Tim Chown (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Leo Bicknell (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Ray Soucy (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Leo Bicknell (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Owen DeLong (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Chris Adams (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Jason Bertoch (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 William Herrin (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Ray Soucy (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Ray Soucy (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Matthew Palmer (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Iljitsch van Beijnum (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Leo Bicknell (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Iljitsch van Beijnum (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Leo Bicknell (Jun 10)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Kevin Loch (Jun 11)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Daniel Roesen (Jun 12)
- Re: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6 Seth Mos (Jun 12)