Re: Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)

Erik Kline <ek@google.com> Thu, 09 November 2017 05:14 UTC

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From: Erik Kline <ek@google.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:14:22 +0900
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Subject: Re: Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)
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On 9 November 2017 at 12:53, Brian E Carpenter
<brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/11/2017 16:02, Erik Kline wrote:
>> I don't think we should be recommending unique RAs per device where
>> the devices are all on a shared link.
>
> Why not? Where's the harm? As pointed out at
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host-13#page-5
> it's permissible under RFC 4861. This is not an innovation.
>
>> My understanding was that in the original motivating wifi deployment
>> every node is effectively isolated in its own (pseudo)VLAN, and
>> node-to-node traffic must be routed through the infrastructure (to the
>> extent such a thing can actually be enforced in a medium like wifi).
>
> It can also be enforced on a switched LAN if the switch does the requisite
> peeking. We may not be happy at such layer violations, but it seems
> to me that the days of true broadcast LANs are numbered and a lot of
> these things will need to be rethought in the coming years.
>
> Just a reminder, this draft was approved by the IESG a while ago
> and is in state "RFC Ed Queue : AUTH48 for 23 days". This unique
> unicast has been in there for a long time, although the phrasing
> was clarified in the last couple of months, which is what WG
> and IETF Last Calls are for.
>
>    Brian

I understand.  If implemented correctly, it will of course work.

But I think the probably of configuration errors will in practice go
way up if the medium is shared, rather than isolated.  That's all I
really meant to say.

Thanks for helping me clarify.