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Re: Node Requirements: Elevating DHCPv6 from MAY to SHOULD

Mark Smith <ipng@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org> Wed, 25 May 2011 10:25 UTC

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From: Mark Smith <ipng@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org>
To: Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>
Subject: Re: Node Requirements: Elevating DHCPv6 from MAY to SHOULD
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Hi Doug,

On Tue, 24 May 2011 15:36:31 -0700
Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us> wrote:

> On 05/24/2011 15:00, Templin, Fred L wrote:
> > Good point; yes, even DHCPv6 requires link-locals. The
> > link-locals could be manually configured, but it seems
> > reasonable to assume that they would often be autoconfigured
> > using SLAAC.
> 
> I'm confused (nothing new about that). In FreeBSD the OS creates the 
> LLA, which is then used for rtsol, etc. Are we doing it wrong?
> 

No. I was more clarifying/observing that if link-locals are classified
as SLAAC addresses, a pure non-SLAAC environment is impossible because
of the required presence of link-locals for purposes such as those you
mention.

Regards,
Mark.

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