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

Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com> Mon, 09 May 2005 16:02 UTC

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From: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@nominum.com>
Subject: Re: [dhcwg] RFC 3315: DHCPv6 server unicast address
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 08:59:00 -0700
To: Jean-Michel COMBES <jeanmichel.combes@francetelecom.com>
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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.


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