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Re: [v6ops] SLAAC renum: Problem Statement & Operational workarounds

Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> Fri, 01 November 2019 11:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] SLAAC renum: Problem Statement & Operational workarounds
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Ted,

>> RA Guard could be default configured on switches with particular default “plug router in here” (uplink) ports, eliminating the need for an active administrator. This could be a useful specification in the HomeNet documents, perhaps.
> 
> This would be disastrous.   It pretty much makes permissionless networking impossible in exchange for solving a security problem no-one has.

At the risk of straying off topic. There is no mechanism for permissionless networking in IPv6.
(which I think is a big gap)

Cheers,
Ole

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