Re: [v6ops] Please review the No IPv4 draft

[Simon Perreault <[e-mail]>]

Le 2014-04-15 04:25, Niall O'Reilly a écrit :
>> It seems to me that the two
>> scenarios in the introduction can be solved by simply configuring the
>> DHCPv4 relay (or the server, if on-link) to drop all DHCPv4 requests.
> 
>   Why go even that far?  What's wrong with the minimalist solution of
>   just not providing any DHCPv4 service,

...which, from the point of view of the client, is exactly the same as
Lorenzo's suggestion of dropping requests.

>   and leaving the client to
>   pick a link-local IPv4 address?

The host will do that in some cases, but in general DHCPv4 clients will
not simply shut up. They will retry endlessly.

>   Is the noise/signal (stet!) ratio in client-generated traffic already
>   so low that a few DHCPDISCOVERs per client would be noticeable?

Yes. Please see the issues this creates that are listed in section 3 of
our draft.

Simon
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