multiple prefixes

Tore Anderson tore at fud.no
Sun Feb 10 11:02:11 CET 2013


* Jima

> On 2013-02-09 12:52, Tore Anderson wrote:
>> * David Magda
>>>  From what I could find, there aren't any RA options to specify
>>> whether privacy options should be used on a per prefix basis. You'd
>>> have to use DHCPv6, with IA_TA for privacy-desired prefixes, and
>>> IA_NA for the ULA prefixes. (Of course ISC DHCPd doesn't support
>>> sending out multiple prefixes as of the current 4.2.x series.)
>>
>> The DHCPv6 protocol itself does not have support handing out prefixes.
>> It can only hand out individual addresses (in other words /128s). If you
>> want your hosts to have routes to an on-link prefix, the only way to do
>> it is to advertise that prefix in RAs with the L flag set.
> 
> Err.  What about DHCPv6-PD?

Fair enough, however PD is not germane to this discussion. The question
is about provisioning addresses to the nodes on a link using DHCPv6
IA_NA and/or IA_TA, neither of which can carry a prefix/prefix length.

-- 
Tore Anderson


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