Vlad Yasevich writes: > Also, this preference really depends on the usage cases. I can see > scenarios, where I would rather use autoconfigured address over the DHCP > or manually assigned one.
Can you describe these? > The concern I have is someone else may find the above preference backwards > and may want to always prefer autoconf addresses over DHCP or statically > configured. This is a policy matter and you are proposing to encode it > into the rules without ability to change. Yes, that is indeed a concern. It looks like it's actually a concern with the existing rule set, as there's no guarantee that (say) best prefix match is what the user really wanted. > The rule set are basic postulates that enable best available communication. > As an additonal step, the policy table is provided that allows for specific > preferences. Is it flexible enough for you want? The policy table is searched by prefix match, so I don't quite see how that suffices unless administrators have the foresight to avoid both stateless and stateful on the same prefix, and the policy table is kept in sync with DHCPv6 allocation pools (via draft-fujisaki-dhc-addr-select-opt-02.txt, I would assume). I think it's that lack of foresight that may be part of the underlying concern here. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
