Re: [v6ops] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-hilliard-v6ops-host-addr-update-00.txt

Scott Morizot <tmorizot@gmail.com> Tue, 18 July 2017 18:14 UTC

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From: Scott Morizot <tmorizot@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:14:10 -0500
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To: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-hilliard-v6ops-host-addr-update-00.txt
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On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:

> So what exactly would an update accomplish?   Please don't send another
> long wall of text.   Just explain how we can balance these two competing
> needs better than we currently are doing?
>
>
As a recommendation for host address assignment on a general purpose
network, it's fine. However, it appears that making DHCPv6 IA_NA/IA_TA NOT
RECOMMENDED for host address assignment in that context is being taken as a
reason by some to recommend against hosts supporting it. I can see the
logic being used. If the IETF recommends against it for networks, it should
recommend against support for it in hosts. But that's not exactly the same
thing. Again, from a practical perspective I don't think it will matter
much either way. But I was simply trying to point out that there are some
pretty large networks out there where the general recommendation really
doesn't apply.