Re: [v6ops] IPv6-Only Preferred DHCPv4 option

[Alexandre Petrescu <[e-mail]>]

Hi, v6opsers,

Are we supposed to discuss this draft now?

Alex

Le 04/12/2019 à 13:09, Jen Linkova a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> One of the biggest issue in deploying IPv6-only LANs is how to do it
> incrementally, when some hosts work just fine in NAT64 environment
> while some legacy devices still need IPv4. Doubling the number of
> network segments (having an IPv6-only and dual-stack segments of each
> type) is an operational nightmare. So it would be just awesome if all
> devices can co-exist in the same network segment and hosts capable of
> operating in IPv6-only environment do not consume IPv4 addresses.
> So here is the draft proposing a new DHCPv4 option to help saving IPv4
> addresses and deploying IPv4-as-a-service:
> 
> Name:           draft-link-dhc-v6only
> Revision:       00
> Title:          IPv6-Only-Preferred Option for DHCP
> Document date:  2019-12-04
> Group:          Individual Submission
> Pages:          9
> URL:
> https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-link-dhc-v6only-00.txt
> Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-link-dhc-v6only/
> Htmlized:       https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-link-dhc-v6only-00
> Htmlized:       https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-link-dhc-v6only
> 
> 
> Abstract:
>     This document specifies a DHCP option to indicate that a host
>     supports an IPv6-only mode and willing to forgo obtaining a IPv4
>     address if the network provides IPv6 access.
> 
> Any comments/suggestions/reviews are highly appreciated!
> 
> Adding v6ops@ to Cc: as the problem is related to operating IPv6-only networks.
> 
> Thank you!
>