I-D ACTION:draft-droms-dnsconfig-dhcpv6-00.txt

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	Title		: Using DHCPv6 for DNS Configuration in Hosts
	Author(s)	: B. Aboba et al.
	Filename	: draft-droms-dnsconfig-dhcpv6-00.txt
	Pages		: 14
	Date		: 19-Nov-01
	
An IPv6 device can configure its addresses and locate neighboring
routers through stateless address autoconfiguration (RFC2462) and
router discovery (RFC2461).  However, there is no current way (other
than through DHCPv6) to learn DNS configuration information, such as
the address of DNS servers or what the domain search path should be.
It has been asserted that DHCP is 'too complex' for providing DNS
configuration in some (simple) environments, and an alternate
mechanism is needed.

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