Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

In message <2f1701d0a4aa$617b98f0$2472cad0$@acm.org>, "Paul B. Henson" writes:
> > From: Laszlo Hanyecz
> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:42 PM
> >
> > from the university net Nazis
>
> Wow, it must be nice to live in a fairyland utopia where there is no DMCA,
> no federal laws such as HEOA, and a wide variety of other things you clearly
> know nothing about that require universities to be able to track their users
> and manage their networks.

Both "fairyland utopia" and "net Nazis" are extreme positions.

And DHCPv6 is not the only solution to tracking users.  There are
solutions that work with SLAAC.

Same as 464XLAT is not the only way to provide IPv4 service over IPv6.

Same as withholding a DHCPv6 client is not the only way to encourage
multiple addresses.

Mark
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