Choosing an open source DHCPv6 client

[Shane Kerr]

Bjørn,

On Tue, 2009-12-22 at 14:07 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> * ISC: https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp
> 
>  Don't support PD (yet).  Will be interesting when it does.  But I'm not
>  convinced the IPv4/IPv6 integration is a good idea.  It might help
>  increase development resources though, which is definitely good.

ISC DHCP 4.1 included prefix delegation:

https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/new-features

This has been out for a year or so (apologies for the language which
makes it sound like it's "coming soon").

Also, the IPv4/IPv6 integration is not an artifact of good design, but
done because it was the simplest way to get IPv6 support in quickly.

We are planning on integrating DHCP into BIND 10, which is currently in
active development (on the DNS side at least).

For BIND 10 DHCP on the server side, we are planning on beginning with
DHCPv6 and then adding DHCPv4 later. Except for the weird BOOTP-inspired
packet format and weird things you have to do to send & receive packets
before you have an IP address, DHCPv4 behavior is actually a simplified
subset of DHCPv6 behavior. :) On the client side, we are looking at a
much simpler, lower footprint client than we have today - including one
that doesn't need to stay running all the time.

BTW, the main thing keeping us from doing DHCP development in BIND 10
(and in general) is lack of money. It seems very few people want to pay
for DHCP development - if you need specific features then let me know
and I'll see what we can do.

Cheers,

--
Shane