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

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Wed, 07 February 2018 14:23 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])
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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?
> 
> Err, yes.
> 
> Like the new transport protocol QUIC is transported in the old transport protocol UDP, or so I am told.

And just like QUIC this would be a new protocol.

Ole