-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Vijay
Speaking from an ISP operator's point of view, > "transiency" of autoconf addresses in my design all the time? How safe > & normal > is it to replace all manual IPv6 address configuration with > auto-configuration in a large IPv6 deployment esp in an environment I would not want to replace manual confiburation with auto-config. Not now, at least. Most of my network is manual configured. > Another related question, is it common for a site's global prefix(es) > to change? In this regard, are they any different from an IANA > assigned IPv4 > network-id for example? Customers don't like it when we ask them for a change of addresses. I don't think that's going to change with IPv6 anytime soon but it does happen, although not very often in my place. Regards, Seiichi Vijayrajan ranganathan wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Is there a notion that auto-configured IPv6 addresses based on > globally unique prefixes are transient compared to manually configured > ones? > I know that we could configure them to have infinite lifetimes & such, > but I am thinking of a large IPv6 deployment where these addresses are > expected to be up 24/7. I mean, just the fact that lifetimes could be > modified on the router, the advertising router could become > unreachable etc. > > As an IPv6 application developer, would I have to factor in this > "transiency" of autoconf addresses in my design all the time? How safe > & normal > is it to replace all manual IPv6 address configuration with > auto-configuration in a large IPv6 deployment esp in an environment > that is very sensitive > to non-availability of addresses? > > Another related question, is it common for a site's global prefix(es) > to change? In this regard, are they any different from an IANA > assigned IPv4 > network-id for example? > > Thanks & Regards > Vijay > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > [email protected] > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAkrNZMgACgkQcrhTYfxyMkKXjACfeAE0KxKMG91jnaq/lec2xjrq 3y8Anip3kUDAG7Y2p4c1cBg0a1Sr3Gfp =ylNx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
