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

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Mon, 13 November 2017 13:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)
To: Victor Kuarsingh <victor@jvknet.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>, "6man@ietf.org" <6man@ietf.org>, "v6ops@ietf.org WG" <v6ops@ietf.org>
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On 11/13/2017 09:35 PM, Victor Kuarsingh wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:
>> On 11/13/2017 07:14 PM, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
>>> On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com
>>> <mailto:fgont@si6networks.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     >From a operational point of view, one would wonder why pursue this path
>>>     as opposed to e.g. do DHCPv6
>>>
>>>
>>> As for DHCPv6 specifically, one reason is that DHCPv6-only networks are
>>> not recommended by the IETF. RFC 7934.
>>
>> Yes, sorry: I meant DHCPv6-PD.
>>
>> RFC7934:
>>
>>     Due to the drawbacks imposed by requiring explicit requests for
>>     address space (see Section 4), it is RECOMMENDED that the network
>>     give the host the ability to use new addresses without requiring
>>     explicit requests.  This can be achieved either by allowing the host
>>     to form new addresses autonomously (e.g., via SLAAC) or by providing
>>     the host with a dedicated /64 prefix.  The prefix MAY be provided
>>     using DHCPv6 PD, SLAAC with per-device VLANs, or any other means.
>>
>> Therefore, why re-invent PD in SLAAC?
> 
> PD is quite vast, and this draft describes a specific set of use
> cases.  It does not seem like a re-invention of PD in SLACC to me.

Again: Why not use DHCPv6-PD?



>> That aside, same RFC says:
>>     Using stateful address assignment (DHCPv6 IA_NA or IA_TA) to provide
>>     multiple addresses when the host connects (e.g., the approximately 30
>>     addresses that can fit into a single packet) would accommodate
>>     current clients, but it sets a limit on the number of addresses
>>     available to hosts when they attach and therefore limits the
>>     development of future applications.
>>
>> I seem to recall many systems limit the number of addresses per
>> interface to 16.
> 
> Current limitations are likely ephemeral and can change over time.

Same could possibly be said about packet sizes.

In any case, I don't see any limits on the number of DHCPv6-requests. If
one is not enough, do more than one.



>> So the limit of "30 per request" aleady gives you more
>> than what you typically get, in practice, with SLAAC. Also... is issuing
>> multiple requests forbidden?
> 
> I think we also have enough history in computing and the Internet to
> know that today's concept of "that is way more then we need, so why do
> we need more" is not a good argument to limit capabilities.

Apply this reasoning to your response above:

  PD is quite vast, and this draft describes a specific set of use
  cases.  It does not seem like a re-invention of PD in SLACC to me.

Rather than limit a node to request a /64, emply DHCPv6-PD, and allow
the node to get more than that. Otherwise, *this* mechanism is enforcing
an artificial limit.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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