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Re: [homenet] Configuration must not be carried by the routing protocol

Mark Townsley <mark@townsley.net> Wed, 26 June 2013 08:08 UTC

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From: Mark Townsley <mark@townsley.net>
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Subject: Re: [homenet] Configuration must not be carried by the routing protocol
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On Jun 26, 2013, at 12:03 AM, Juliusz Chroboczek wrote:

>> Just a comment ...
>> You say " There is an IETF standard configuration protocol, and that's
>> DHCPv6."
> 
>> Actually, the IETF has a number of configuration protocol standards, not
>> just DHCPv6.

Not to mention "HC" stands for "Host Configuration" not "Router Configuration." 

RFC 2131 is very clear, 
"   DHCP is not intended for use in configuring routers."
That explicit statement went away in RFC 3315, though the terminology section makes it very clear that a Host is not a Router.
- Mark


> 
> Point duly taken.
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> -- Juliusz
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