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Re: [v6ops] DHCPv6/SLAAC Make Hosts Confusing-//RE: new draft: draft-liu-bonica-v6ops-dhcpv6-slaac-problem

Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie> Wed, 23 October 2013 10:07 UTC

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Subject: Re: [v6ops] DHCPv6/SLAAC Make Hosts Confusing-//RE: new draft: draft-liu-bonica-v6ops-dhcpv6-slaac-problem
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On 23/10/2013 17:21, Ole Troan (otroan) wrote:
> DHCP gives out addresses, not prefixes that can be used for onlink determination. 

and if dhcpv6 gave out netmasks and default gateways, we could finally
ditch RA.  I look forward to the day when I can finally expunge RA from my
networks.

Nick

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