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RE: Architectural argument for RAs [Re: [69ATTENDEES] DHCP]
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: owner-v6ops@ops.ietf.org [mailto:owner-v6ops@ops.ietf.org] En nombre
> de Iljitsch van Beijnum
> Enviado el: viernes, 21 de septiembre de 2007 17:04
> Para: Brian E Carpenter
> CC: v6ops@ops.ietf.org
> Asunto: Re: Architectural argument for RAs [Re: [69ATTENDEES] DHCP]
>
>
> On 21-sep-2007, at 1:26, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>
> >> For example, learning default gateways via Router
> >> Advertisements provides perfect fate sharing.
>
> I was saving this remark up for when we get to see the "do everything
> with DHCPv6" draft, but this is as good a time as any:
>
> If we decide to go forward with putting gateway addresses in DHCPv6
> to gain administrative control over which gateway a host uses, in my
> opinion, the only way we can do this without the potential for
> serious harm is to make require that the same gateway address is both
> available in DHCPv6 and in RAs. So the DHCP information is more like
> selection mechanism between gateways in RAs than the authoritative
> source of the information itself.
Following this line, would it make sense that the DHCPv6 server gets the
gateway(s) information from existing RAs? This would allow the host to
obtain "fresh" info and the host to fully be configured by means of DHCPv6
(this seems to be a need for some people).
Regards,
Alvaro Vives
Consulintel
> And I agree with James' vision: having servers announce their service
> through a discovery mechanism is more robust than having an outside
> system enumerate them.
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