> I haven't been on this list very long so I'm unaware of the > reasons to > revisit 2461 and I don't know whether the following issue has been > discussed, but: > > Why is there no mechanism to learn DNS addresses through router > advertisements? > > It is currently possible to attach a host to a link with one or more > IPv6 routers and have the host automatically discover all the > paramaters needed to connect to the IPv6 internet... except DNS > servers. > > This is the absolute number one annoyance when running IPv6.
=> A couple of years ago there was a DT that compared several different ways of achieving this. The proposal you mentioned was one of those addressed. The DT settled on assigning 3 different site-local addresses that can be reserved for DNS servers. The solution was documented in a draft (I believe Itojun, Alain and Dave Thaler co-authored it). But this idea didn't get concensus in the WG and I think the draft is dead now but I'm not sure. DHCPv6 allows for DNS configuration in hosts among other things. Hesham > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
