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Re: [v6ops] RFC7084

Gert Doering <gert@space.net> Thu, 12 December 2013 13:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] RFC7084
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Hi,

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 01:18:06PM +0100, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
> Le 11/12/2013 20:33, Gert Doering a écrit :
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:45:32AM +0100, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
> >> Am I the only to read this as maybe a hint towards necessity of creation
> >> of a new flag akin to M/O but specific to IA_PD? I.e. it would be allow
> >> a Router to see whether it may be able to specifically request a
> >> Delegated Prefix even when it would self-configure its address by other
> >> means than DHCP.
> >
> > Yes.  A CPE does IA_PD, always, unless manually configured otherwise.
> 
> And is there agreement that manual configuration is best?

For non-default setups, certainly.  Default for CPEs needs to be "fully
automatic, with prefix delegation", unless it is known for sure that there
is no prefix delegation in that particular environment (like: the CPE
has no "LAN" links of any sort, by being a node with just a single network
interface, or being just a host without routing functionality).

Gert Doering
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