In fact, my connection in NZ gives me a /48 via DHCPv6 PD, although some 
providers I gather are doing /56.

Andrew

On 2/10/2012, at 10:41 AM, Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have been tracking this conversation for a while, excuse the top post.
> 
> 0) The state of cable modems is rather dismal as yet, with none that
> I'm aware of able to distribute anything bigger than /64. 6to4 is
> still the best option on that technology in the US.
> 1) At least some markets outside the USA (NZ, for sure) are managing
> to distribute /56 addresses via DSL/fiber
> 2) SLAAC is needed, too many dumb devices only implement that.
> 
> I note that dnsmasq now contains a clever hack to utilize dhcpv4
> information to correctly assign names to SLAAC based addresses.
> 
> 3) I gave up on the whole /64 and slaac vs dhcpv6 debate years ago and
> went to ahcp, not that I'm ever going to get any traction on it,
> regardless of how well it solves 0, above.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Curtis Villamizar <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> In message <[email protected]>
>> RJ Atkinson writes:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 01  Oct 2012, at 15:01 , Curtis Villamizar wrote:
>>>> You are suggesting if A then !B.
>>> 
>>> No, my apologies for being unclear.
>>> I am NOT, repeat NOT, suggesting that.
>>> 
>>> (A & !B) is a possible deployment option, of course,
>>> but it is not the ONLY option either.
>>> 
>>>> I prefer if A and B, then C.
>>> 
>>> I understand you have a personal preference.
>>> 
>>> A set of people on this list have indicated that
>>> particular preference is strongly undesirable.
>> 
>> I agree that it is *very* undesirable.  It does work.  I've tried it.
>> 
>>> However, disallowing SLAAC is NOT the ONLY conceivable
>>> approach.  One ought to try to think of other options
>>> (each of which probably has different tradeoffs).
>> 
>> AFAIK SLAAC requires a /64 prefix.  Is that not true?  Or are you
>> suggesting changing it?
>> 
>>> Yours,
>>> 
>>> Ran
>> 
>> If A and B, then C is a possibility.
>> 
>> Only if C does SLAAC have to get disabled.  It's not a good option and
>> not every toy is going to play nice but if it is forced, for some it
>> may be the best option.  Another option is to use a tunnel rather than
>> the ISP native IPv6 if the ISP won't allocate prefixes other than /64.
>> 
>> I've had a lengthy off-list discussion with Joel.  There is mixed
>> response from one MSO, with /128 in a lame limited city trial today,
>> /64 RSN (for some unspecified value of RSN), and shorter prefix still
>> later.  Its this sort of preference for a one size fits all least
>> common denominator at a provider that has me concerned that some
>> consumers may be stuck with a /64.
>> 
>> It would be helpful if we had a consumer-ISP requirements from some
>> WG, but homenet might not be the place.
>> 
>> It may be the homenet can say that in order for things to work in the
>> home certain things are required of the ISP or highly desireable
>> (DHCPv6 prefix allocation, DNS and rDNS delegation and secondary, at
>> least /60 on request and preferably without additional charge, etc).
>> Would that be out-of-scope for homenet, and if so, in what WG would it
>> be in-scope?  If none, then can it become in-scope (charter update)?
>> 
>> Curtis
>> 
>> 
>> btw- if DHCP is not used, then dynamic DNS has to get popluated
>> directly from the host and each host needs the key needed to make its
>> DDNS update (and not someone else's DDNS update) and it also needs to
>> know where the DDNS server is.  This seems a lot more problematic than
>> putting DHCPv6 client on the host.  Lack of either means DDNS doesn't
>> get updated.  Also if DHCPv6 is not used, the domain name, DNS search
>> list, nameserver list, ntpservers, .. etc, still have to be populated.
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