Re: [v6ops] Please review the No IPv4 draft

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

Le 2014-04-15 10:21, Dale W. Carder a écrit :
> I guess I am still confused by your use cases.  In looking at our dhcpv4 
> servers, I don't have No-IPX nor No-AppleTalk options sent to clients,
> so I am confused why this is needed for IPv4.

IPv4 has billions of deployed devices. IPX and AppleTalk, not so much.

> 3.1:  Turn off the dhcpv4 relay feature per router (sub)interface.  No more 
> load on the dhcpv4 server.

Not possible if the L2 link is shared with devices to which you do want
to provide IPv4 service.

> 3.2:  At the edge of your network, filter packets containing ethertypes you 
> do not support.  

Not possible if the L2 link is shared with devices to which you do want
to provide IPv4 service.

> 3.3:  Mobile device vendors have an incentive in fixing their code so
> they do not chew up their battery more than their competitors.

Yet the problem has not been fixed.

> 3.4:  At the edge of your network, filter packets containing ethertypes you 
> do not support.

Not possible if the L2 link is shared with devices to which you do want
to provide IPv4 service.

Plus, that only works for ISPs. We need a way to propagate this inside
the home.

Simon
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