It was actually IPv6, so: https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.0/arm/dhcp6-srv.html#allocation-strategies-in-dhcpv6
----- On May 6, 2024, at 12:12 PM, David Farje <davidabelfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Definitely string ID is nicer to manage. The thing is, Kea seems to be > designed > to support a large number of subnets and DB backend. In this case it is better > to use an integer because I don't think you want a string based primary key on > a DB table with millions of entries. > Regarding your second question I believe you may find some answers here: > [ > https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.0/arm/dhcp4-srv.html#address-allocation-strategies-in-dhcpv4 > | > https://kea.readthedocs.io/en/kea-2.4.0/arm/dhcp4-srv.html#address-allocation-strategies-in-dhcpv4 > ] > Regards, > David > On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 9:21 AM < [ mailto:mxhajducze...@gmail.com | > mxhajducze...@gmail.com ] > wrote: >> I can confirm – the lack of support for string ID is pretty annoying right >> now, >> and forces me to create ranges for specific applications, which will not >> scale >> well in production. >> On the second one, I observed that it goes numerically from the bottom of the >> pool range up, so ::2, ::3, etc. In ISC, it seems to have been random >> selection >> from the pool, with attempt made to populate all stanzas. Kea seems to prefer >> numerically incrementing assignment, which is pretty bad for security >> purposes >> (if a user knows it, they can pretty much guess previous assignments). I >> preferred personally the old ISC way of doing things. >> Marek >> From: Kea-users < [ mailto:kea-users-boun...@lists.isc.org | >> kea-users-boun...@lists.isc.org ] > On Behalf Of Xiao, Yu (CCI-Atlanta) via >> Kea-users >> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 6:10 AM >> To: Kea user's list < [ mailto:kea-users@lists.isc.org | >> kea-users@lists.isc.org >> ] > >> Cc: Xiao, Yu (CCI-Atlanta) < [ mailto:yu.x...@cox.com | yu.x...@cox.com ] > >> Subject: [Kea-users] Two questions regarding to kea subnet configuration >> Greetings, >> I have two questions related to the kea design. First, seems currently we can >> only assign numeric IDs to subnets, but for subnet management, it’s more >> convenient to use a string, is it possible to add this feature? Second, how >> kea >> design to distribute the ip addresses inside of the subnet esp ipv6 subnet? >> Is >> it totally random? Thank you. >> Best Regards, >> Yu >> -- >> ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. >> Contact us at [ https://www.isc.org/contact/ | https://www.isc.org/contact/ ] >> for more information. >> To unsubscribe visit [ https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users | >> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users ] . >> Kea-users mailing list >> [ mailto:Kea-users@lists.isc.org | Kea-users@lists.isc.org ] >> [ https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users | >> https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users ] > -- > ISC funds the development of this software with paid support subscriptions. > Contact us at https://www.isc.org/contact/ for more information. > To unsubscribe visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users. > Kea-users mailing list > Kea-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/kea-users -- Dan Geist dan(@)polter.net http://www.polter.net (404)786-6206
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