> > One comment, not directly related to the 6lowpan-nd draft: There are
> > countries where service providers are required to know which customer
> > is using a particular (global) address at a particular time - we need
> > to be able to supply this information to the police on request. This
> > is one of the reasons why the control of (stateful) DHCP is useful,
> > and where "random processes that run on routers or other equipment"
> > make life harder.
> > 
> 
> I don't think this is an issue. RADIUS Accounting can be used (and is)
> to report dynamically assigned IPv6 addressing information, just as it
> was with IPv4.
> 
> The relevant IETF RADIUS attributes are -
> 
> Framed-Interface-Id
> 
> Framed-IPv6-Prefix
> 
> Delegated-IPv6-Prefix

That's fine, *if* your infrastructure is Radius based. On the other
hand, if your infrastructure is DHCP based, it is definitely an issue -
and another stumbling block to the introduction of IPv6.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected]
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