Re: Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6

[Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo () heliacal net>]

Lorzenzo is probably not going to post anymore because of this.

It looks to me like Lorenzo wants the same thing as most everyone here, aside from the university net nazis, and he's 
got some balls to come defend his position against the angry old men of NANOG.  Perhaps the approach of attacking DHCP 
is not the right one, but it sounds like his goal is to make IPv6 better than how IPv4 turned out.

Things like privacy extensions, multiple addresses and PD are great because they make it harder for people to do 
address based tracking, which is generally regarded as a desirable feature except by the people who want to do the 
tracking.  DHCPv6 is a crutch that allows operators to simply implement IPv6 with all the same hacks as IPv4 and 
continue to do address based access control, tracking, etc.  It's like a 'goto' statement - it can be used to do clever 
things, but it can also be used to hack stuff and create very hard to fix problems down the road.  I think what Lorenzo 
is trying to do is to use his influence/position to forcefully prevent people from doing this, and while that may not 
be the most diplomatic way, I admire his courage in posting here and trying to reason with the mob.

-Laszlo


On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:24 PM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:

> On 06/10/2015 02:51 PM, Paul B. Henson wrote:
> > > From: Lorenzo Colitti
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 8:27 AM
> > >
> > > please do not construe my words on this thread as being Google's position
> > > on anything. These messages were sent from my personal email address, and I
> > > do not speak for my employer.
> > Can we construe your postings on the issue thread as being Google and/or Androids official position? They are posted 
> > by lorenzo () google com with a tag of "Project Member", and I believe you also declined the request in the issue 
> > under that mantle.
> Oh, stop this. The only thing this will accomplish is a giant black hole of silence from anybody at Google and any 
> other $MEGACORP
> in a similar situation.
>
> Mike