Re: [69ATTENDEES] DHCP

[james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>]

On Jul 24, 2007, at 12:17, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> On 24-jul-2007, at 10:19, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:
> > good reason to use IPv6 entirely, as long as you have IPv6 DNS  
> > server:-P
>
> [...]  A good reason to make sure that it's possible to run IPv6  
> with all that that entails (= DNS resolver addresses) without the  
> need to run DHCPv6 if running DHCPv6 isn't specifically desired.

dns-sd -Q _domain._udp.local SRV --> /etc/resolv.conf

Quite a thrilling proposal from a security perspective, but it's  
worth contrasting with the idea of reserving a global IPv6 anycast  
address for DNS resolving proxy servers.  At least with the latter, a  
public network operator has an easier time keeping rogue DNS  
resolvers from poisoning the network.  On the other hand, the former  
*is* clearly BETTER THAN NOTHING, which is what we have now.


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james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com>
member of technical staff, communications engineering