Sheng,

> Back in Atlanta, in DHC WG meeting, you said you would review the document. 
> Could you give the comments?

I knew that would come back and haunt me. ;)
comments below. also included dhc and 6man

>> Draft:          Prefix Assignment in DHCPv6
>> Presenter: Sheng Jiang
>> URL:    http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dhc-host-gen-id-04
>> Slot:           5 min
> 
>> ** Ole will review the document and maybe bring it up on 6man
> 
> Many thanks and best regards,

in arbitrary order:

- draft-ietf-mif-dhcpv6-route-option also supports prefix discovery using DHCP
- a host wanting a particular address, why can it not use the "hint" option in 
a vanilla IA_NA?
- a prefix on a link must always be coordinated with the onlink router, so I 
don't understand the argument
  of why the "L-flag" isn't needed
- we shouldn't create new DHCPv6 options with T1/T2 timers. those should be put 
in a separate option
- what do you do if the prefix length is different from /64?

in general I think the use case presented is already supported by DHCPv6 
address assignment; the client puts
the addresses it desire as hints in the IA_NA option in DHCPv6 requests.

I think the argument given in the draft for operators wanting a DHCPv6-managed 
network without ND is flawed.
ND is required for router discovery, neighbour discovery etc anyway. and a 
router on the link must be configured
with the onlink prefix regardless.

while we can clearly make this work, I don't think it is justified to create a 
duplicate mechanism for prefix discovery.
section 3.2 RFC1958.

cheers,
Ole


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