Re: Node Requirements: Elevating DHCPv6 from MAY to SHOULD

[Philip Homburg <[e-mail]>]

In your letter dated Mon, 30 May 2011 12:47:19 +0200 you wrote:
>Conflict resolution is not really necessary. What kind of conflict do you have
> to solve? If a network runs a DHCPv6 server that also hands out addresses, th
>e network operators probably want people to use DHCPv6 over SLAAC, so if a hos
>t obtains both, an interface address via SLAAC and DHCPv6, then it should pref
>er the DHCPv6 address for all outgoing traffic, since if it uses the SLAAC add
>ress, a router may not forward their traffic or a firewall may drop it. 

There is an 'A-bit' in the Prefix Information option. I'd suggest that 
operators use that bit to control the assignment of SLAAC addresses.