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RE : [dhcwg] RFC 3315: DHCPv6 server unicast address

"Jean-Michel COMBES" <jeanmichel.combes@francetelecom.com> Mon, 09 May 2005 16:18 UTC

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From: Jean-Michel COMBES <jeanmichel.combes@francetelecom.com>
To: 'Ted Lemon' <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
Subject: RE : [dhcwg] RFC 3315: DHCPv6 server unicast address
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 18:17:23 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Lemon [mailto:Ted.Lemon@nominum.com] 
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:59 PM
> To: COMBES Jean-Michel RD-MAPS
> Cc: dhcwg@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [dhcwg] RFC 3315: DHCPv6 server unicast address
> 
> 
> On May 9, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Jean-Michel COMBES wrote:
> > If for example, we assume that the DHCPv6 Client has got 
> the DHCPv6  
> > Server's
> >
> 
> We don't assume that!   The DHCP client gets the DHCPv6 server's IP  
> address by exchanging packets with it.   There's no provision in the  
> protocol for a way to look the DHCPv6 server's IP address up 
> in the DNS.
> 

Is it a MUST? If so, where is such a reference?

JMC.

France Telecom - R&D Division - MAPS/NSS   
Jean-Michel COMBES, Internet/Intranet Security
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