RE: [dhcwg] Assigning DHCPv6 option codes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Droms
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 09:43
>
> There's a little more to it than just the scarcity of option codes in
> DHCPv4.  Just before we instituted the new policy of assigning an option
> code after acceptance to PS, there were several (10-15 or so) that were
> proposed, had option codes assigned, and then were never followed up
> on.  Those option codes are now in limbo.
>
> Even though we have plenty of options code in DHCPv6, I don't
> think it's a good idea to have option codes in an uncertain state -
> assigned to options that never went to PS.  Perhaps we need some sort
> of sunsetting to establish a process for marking option codes as
> "unused - do not reassign"...
>

...you may recall that I proposed exactly that -- the sunsetting of option
codes -- at least twice in working group meetings, but Thomas Narten argued
convincingly that the IETF has never been very good at enforcing adherence
to updated RFCs, and may never be able to do anything but move an RFC to
Historic status, which doesn't provide any practical, timely relief for the
option exhaustion problem.

I'd love for most options to be subject either to a sunset clause, but I
don't know how effective it would be -- certainly one side effect would be
to keep the DHC working group in existence for a long, long time.

--Barr

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