In your letter dated Mon, 30 May 2011 12:47:19 +0200 you wrote: >Conflict resolution is not really necessary. What kind of conflict do you have > to solve? If a network runs a DHCPv6 server that also hands out addresses, th >e network operators probably want people to use DHCPv6 over SLAAC, so if a hos >t obtains both, an interface address via SLAAC and DHCPv6, then it should pref >er the DHCPv6 address for all outgoing traffic, since if it uses the SLAAC add >ress, a router may not forward their traffic or a firewall may drop it.
There is an 'A-bit' in the Prefix Information option. I'd suggest that operators use that bit to control the assignment of SLAAC addresses. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [email protected] Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
