DHCPv6 relay with PD

[Templin, Fred L]

One more thing, I call this "scalable de-aggregation". It is a refinement of what
first appeared in RFC6179.

Thanks - Fred
fred.l.templin at boeing.com

> -----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 Templin, Fred L
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:52 PM
> To: Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org>
> Cc: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
> Subject: RE: DHCPv6 relay with PD
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> More on this, please see Section 3.7 on the AERO Routing System (2 pages). It tells
> how the DHCPv6 relay can inject delegated prefixes into the routing system without
> imparting unacceptable churn and while allowing scaling to many millions of delegated
> prefixes. There is a terminology gap to overcome in that an "AERO Server" actually
> implements both a DHCPv6 server and relay, while an "AERO Relay" is a simple BGP
> router and does not implement any DHCPv6 functions.
> 
> The section is only two pages long. Let me know if you have any questions or
> comments.
> 
> Fred
> 
> > -----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 Templin, Fred L
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:35 PM
> > To: Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org>
> > Cc: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
> > Subject: RE: DHCPv6 relay with PD
> >
> > Hi Nick,
> >
> > > -----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 Nick Hilliard
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 2:13 PM
> > > To: Templin, Fred L <Fred.L.Templin at boeing.com>
> > > Cc: ipv6-ops at lists.cluenet.de
> > > Subject: Re: DHCPv6 relay with PD
> > >
> > > Templin, Fred L wrote:
> > > > Folks, for real – read AERO. It works. I apologize if that offends anyone.
> > >
> > > Not at all.  It's just that I'm confused about why we would need to
> > > resort to a tunneling protocol in order to make basic ipv6 functionality
> > > work.
> > >
> > > Would it not be better to try to make ipv6 work without resorting to
> > > tunnels?
> >
> > Mobile clients that can change their point of attachment to the network and
> > may be many hops away from the DHCPv6 relay are the primary use case that
> > AERO is addressing. But, the way in which AERO manages the routing system
> > I think applies even when tunnels aren't needed and the clients are on the
> > same link as the relays.
> >
> > Thanks - Fred
> > fred.l.templin at boeing.com
> >
> > > Nick