[c-nsp] IPV6 in general was Re: Large networks

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 09:35:54AM +0100, Phil Mayers wrote:
> IPv6 emulated the then-state-of-the-art IPX autoconfig mechanisms, and 
> seems reluctant to admit it's missed out the last decade of operational 
> knowledge acquired with IPv4.
> 
> SLAAC should die the death it so richly deserves (except for link-local) 
> and DHCPv6 should gain prefix advertisment capability.

SLAAC works *very* well for the things it was made for: zero-conf 
environments, with no dedicated DHCP server - as in "home networks" or
"office networks".

It's not meant to be used for connecting customer sites to an ISP 
network, and it's not overly useful for numbering servers either - but
that doesn't make it "death deserving".

gert

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