Mysterious missing DHCPv6 feature, was Re: How does one obtain an IPv6 DNS server when VPNing to an ASA?

[Havard Eidnes]

> > I would of course be even happier to see a *standardized* solution to
> > let DHCPv6 hand out a default gateway. The lack of such a feature (and
> > the strong religious opposition to it in certain circles), despite clear
> > statements from several big operators that they need it, is one of the
> > significant factors hampering IPv6 deployment.
>
> I don't think so.
>
> What I think is hampering deployment is people constantly discussing
> and debating design decisions that they don't agree with, 10 to 15
> years after they were made, rather than accepting them, and getting on
> with deploying it. It may not be perfect in their opinion (and it
> isn't in mine), but then usually nothing ever is - it's all about trade
> offs. The pressing problem is deployment.

The decision "only one protocol to implement a feature" or "only one
way to hand out addresses" can hardly be called a design decision.  To
me it sounds more like an article of faith.

Not being able to correct mis-designs after operator feedback because
"it was designed 10-15 years ago, so must now be perfect!" also
appears more as religious fervor rather than sound engineering.

Follow down this path, and we're doomed to do IPv4 NAT forever.
That's not a position I would like to see us end up in.

Regards,

- Håvard