DHCPv6 relay with PD

Templin, Fred L Fred.L.Templin at boeing.com
Wed Jun 8 20:53:23 CEST 2016


Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-ops-bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing.com at lists.cluenet.de [mailto:ipv6-ops-
> bounces+fred.l.templin=boeing.com at lists.cluenet.de] On Behalf Of Erik Kline
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 11:37 AM
> To: Ole Troan <ot at cisco.com>
> Cc: IPv6 Ops list <ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de>; Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike at swm.pp.se>
> Subject: Re: DHCPv6 relay with PD
> 
> On 9 June 2016 at 03:16, Ole Troan <ot at cisco.com> wrote:
> > Mikael,
> >
> >>> We also tried (and failed) to come up with a secure mechanism for the requesting router to advertise it's delegated prefix to first-
> hop routers.
> >>>
> >>> Less astonished? ;-)
> >>
> >> Well, I guess I shouldn't be astonished. I've even seen vendors implement the DHCPv6-PD server on the router itself, and fail to
> install route according to the delegated prefix.
> >>
> >> So basically, regarding how to actually implement PD in a network (from an IETF point of view), everybody just gave up, declared
> the problem unsolvable, and went back to sleep?
> >
> > It shouldn't be the IETF's job to tell people how to run their networks.
> > The IETF provides the building blocks.
> 
> But this sounds like what's missing is operational guidance on what
> collections of blocks have been known to work.

AERO provides operational guidance on collections of blocks that work:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-templin-aerolink/

Thanks - Fred



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