Static vs SLAAC - Static expected to be preferred?
S.P.Zeidler
spz at serpens.de
Wed Apr 27 21:32:51 CEST 2011
Thus wrote Eric Vyncke (evyncke) (evyncke at cisco.com):
> OTOH, if you move to another network, then your static prefix can be wrong and SLAAC should be preferred :-)
>
> SLAAC also provides for the GW address.
>
> BWT I agree that for servers & other 'static hosts', static configuration is easier (DNS & ACL), replicable (changing NIC/HW), and more secure
I would expect that with ample public addresses available it'll become more
normal to bind a service to a dedicated static address explicitly.
regards,
spz
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