In a message written on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:00:48AM +1300, Nathan Ward wrote: > The point I am making is that the solution is still the same - > filtering in ethernet devices.
No.
I agree that in some enviornments DHCPv4/DHCPv6/RA filtering are
going to be a requirement. If I was running the NANOG network, or
a campus network for college students I would insist on such.
However, there are many enviornments where that is not a justified
expense. At home I have a dumb, unmanaged switch which serves my
family just fine. I'd rather like it that if I plug in an unconfigured
router to configure it for something that it not take my wife
offline. The DHCPv4 model works great for this, there are no issues
and I don't need a managed switch.
IPv6 takes that option away from me. My only option is an expensive
upgrade to the switch and a bunch of manual configuration.
DHCPv6 needs to be fixed before it is deployed. Dependance on RA's
needs to be removed, and a standard option for a default route needs
to be added.
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