Once upon a time, Iljitsch van Beijnum <[email protected]> said: > If someone turns their box into a router they can also turn it into a DHCP > server. This is what happens with IPv4. The solution is to filter these > packets from fake routers in the switches. So ask your switch vendor for that > feature in IPv6.
The difference is that in the widest-used desktop OS, "turn me into a router" is a single checkbox, while "turn me into a DHCP server" requires installing software. The first is an accident waiting to happen (and then a support nightmare), while the second is not a common problem. -- Chris Adams <[email protected]> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
