[dhcwg] two comments on draft-cui-dhc-dhcpv6-prefix-length-hint-issue

[Alexandru Petrescu <[e-mail]>]

Hello,

I just read draft-cui-dhc-dhcpv6-prefix-length-hint-issue-00.

I am happy this draft exists and I have two comments.  One is more
general question in this context, and the other a potential improvement,
but not a request.

The draft assumes the Client is a Host which may request a prefix len at
some point, and another one maybe later.  It seems the prefix is to be
used on the interface which has issued that Solicit.  And it seems to
face a Server sure to be willing to deliver a prefix.

1. What is the best way to query a DHCPv6 Server to ask it whether or
not it supports Prefix Delegation at all?

2. when this Router changes mind and requests a different prefix, maybe
with a different length, a specification like
draft-cui-dhc-dhcpv6-prefix-length-hint-issue could recommend to
deprecate that prefix with specific consideration to below it, not just
to the Server.

I mean this something like this:

Current text:
> 1.Deprecate the old prefix right away by sending a Release message to
> the server, and switch over to the new prefix.

New text:
> 1.Deprecate the old prefix right away by sending a Release message to
> the server, and switch over to the new prefix.  And by stopping
> sending RAs on its other interfaces with the old prefix, stop
> propagating it in the routing protocol.

Alex