Re: [dhcwg] Options in base doc for DHCPv6

Martin,

Exactly why we need these options now.  IPv6 is being deployed.
It will take at least 3 IETF meetings to get a specific options draft
after dhc6.  We cannot wait.  Also these options will not hold up the
processs.  They are pretty basic. 

/jim

On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Martin Stiemerling wrote:

> I totally agree with this. Escpecially the point of slowing down the 
> acceptance process is worth to mention. A lot of IPv6 networks are in the 
> deployment process or will be deployed in the near future and DHCPv6 is 
> needed for this deployment, i.e. there should be a standard.
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> --On Dienstag, Januar 22, 2002 14:55:41 -0500 Ralph Droms 
> <rdroms@cisco.com> wrote:
> 
> > We've recently experienced a proliferation of proposed and defined
> > options for DHCPv6.  Initially, the WG agreed to publish all options that
> > were defined at the time the base spec was completed in the same doc.
> > I'm having second thoughts about that decision.  Here's what I'm thinking:
> >
> > * The new options are adding more weight to
> >    an already hefty document
> > * Keeping all the options in one doc make
> >    updating any one option more complicated
> > * Reviewing all of these options will slow
> >    down the acceptance process
> >
> > I propose that we put a moratorium on adding any new options to
> > draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-22.txt, and move any non-essential options out of
> > draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-22.txt into individual drafts.  The definition of
> > "essential" is open to discussion; here's a first pass at a list of the
> > options to retain in draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-22.txt:
> >
> > * DHCP unique identifier option
> > * Identity association option
> > * IA Address option
> > * Requested Temporary Addresses (RTA) Option
> > * Option request option
> > * Preference option
> > * Elapsed Time
> > * Client message option
> > * Server message option
> > * Authentication option
> > * Server unicast option
> > * Domain Search Option
> > * Domain Name Server Option
> > * Status Code Option
> >
> > - Ralph
> >
> >
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> 
> 
> Martin Stiemerling
> 
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