Re: [v6ops] "all hosts SHOULD implement address configuration via DHCPv6", as per BCP 220 (was: Implementation Status of PREF64)

Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> Sat, 16 October 2021 20:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] "all hosts SHOULD implement address configuration via DHCPv6", as per BCP 220 (was: Implementation Status of PREF64)
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Le 15/10/2021 à 16:17, Simon a écrit :
> David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu> wrote:
> 
>>>> Not to put too fine a point on it, but I have seen no argument
>>>> against Android including standards compliance
> 
>> Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> DHCPv6 is not required. See BCP 220.
> 
> I actually had in mind a comment made some way up the thread that
> Android ignores the A bit in RAs. If so then that’s a blatant
> violation, not just of the standard, but also of the wishes/policies
> of network operators who may be fully within both the letter and
> spirit of RFCs/BCPs.
> 
>> Yes, DHCPv6 is not required for hosts to implement, but it is
>> recommended by RFC8504/BCP220
> 
> "Consequently, all hosts SHOULD implement address configuration via
> DHCPv6” This, and the text leading up to it is very clear

Thanks for pointing to that text in BCP220 RFC 8504 "IPv6 Node Reas", 
because I missed it somehow.

Alex


  - if you
> value interoperability at all then implement DHCPv6 client on your
> devices.
> 
>> But then again, networks providing general propose hosts with more
>> than one IPv6 address is not required and is also only recommended
>> by RFC7934/BCP204.
>> 
>> So I think we have a standoff or deadlock, can we find a way to
>> break it? How about we all agree to implement the IETF's
>> recommendations in both cases?
>> 
>> Personally, I think they are both very good recommendations.
> 
> Agreed. It does seem quite simple really. So why is it so hard ?
> 
> Simon
> 
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