Hi Curtis,

SLAAC not working is a major problem.

Don



On 9/23/12 4:09 PM, "Curtis Villamizar" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>In message <[email protected]>
>"Joel M. Halpern" writes:
> 
>> Since you invited flames...
>>  
>> The argument on /64 as the longest prefix is not that it is magically
>> unnatural.
>> Rather, it is that there are a number of current and evolving protocols
>> that depend upon that /64.  The obvious example is that SLAAC does not
>> work if subnets are longer than /64.
>>  
>> The rules in this regard are written into approved RFCs.  If homenet
>> wants to change that, it really needs to go to 6man with a strong case.
>>   (for point-to-point inter-router links this was recently relaxed.
>>  
>> At the same time, andy operator who insists on giving homes a /64 is
>> being inappropriately restrictive.  Homenet should say that, rather
>>than 
>> trying to change the IPv6 architecture.
>>  
>> Yours,
>> Joel
>
>Joel,
>
>I don't consider your email a flame at all.  Thanks for responding.
>
>SLAAC (which I am not at a fan of) won't work but DHCPv6 will so IMHO
>no loss.  CGA also won't work but then again I've also never been a
>fan of security half measures.  Yes anti-spoofing without prior
>exchange of a key is nice, but no reasonable authorization could be
>based on CGA without also exchanging some sort of key or cert and at
>that point the CGA as a public key is redundant.
>
>If SLAAC and CGA are the only things that break *and* providers do
>hand out prefixes that are too small, then /64 prefixes will have to
>be subdivided.
>
>So a question for you is what else if anything will break?
>
>I also understand that you are suggesting that this be taken to 6man.
>That is a good suggestion.
>
>Curtis
>
>
>> On 9/22/2012 11:30 PM, Curtis Villamizar wrote:
>> >   12.  This is sure to be controversial.  I pointed out that using
>> >        subnets longer than /64 is OK as long as they are not leaked
>> >        into global routing.  Please read the text and changes before
>> >        exploding on this topic.  It may be necessary to subnet a /64
>>if
>> >        that is all a provider will give you and you need subnets.  It
>> >        does work and it is no more unnatural than subnetting a class-A
>> >        network would be in 1990.  It means using DHCPv6 and not using
>> >        RA prefixes for GUA (otherwise SLAAC implementations would
>> >        likely try to use the whole bottom 64).
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