Re: DHCPv6 PD and IPv6 ND unification ((RE: L=0 [was draft-pioxfolks-6man-pio-exclusive-bit-02.txt])

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Fri, 02 February 2018 08:05 UTC

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Subject: Re: DHCPv6 PD and IPv6 ND unification ((RE: L=0 [was draft-pioxfolks-6man-pio-exclusive-bit-02.txt])
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:05:28 +0100
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> 
>> I'd prefer if we took some of DHCPv6 option space, some of the state
>> machines, and ditched the rest, and explained how this was done using
>> something else, for instance ND.
>> 
>> But short of that yes, there should be operational documents (in v6ops
>> perhaps) that tells implementors how SLAAC and DHCPv6 works together, and
>> what certain SLAAC messages means for DHCPv6 based resources.
> 
> Let's start with embedding DHCPv6 PD messages in IPv6 ND RS/RA options
> and see where that takes us.

If you were going to design a new configuration protocol in 2018, is that really where you would start?

Ole