It could be useful. Is it available somewhere? So that we could take a look at it.
Thanks, sephe On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Charles Musser <[email protected]> wrote: > While experimenting with IPv6 SLAAC, I wrote a daemon that configures > a host's DNS resolver using the scheme described in RFC 6106. > FreeBSD's rtsold(1) and "radns" (in the ports collection) are two > programs that already do this. However, this one might be nice to have > in the base system. Features: > > - Small, simple design: around 750 LoC in a single source file. > > - Developed on DragonFly, so no portability overhead. Tested on > FreeBSD too, so probably works on other BSDs. > > - No configuration, other than command line flags for foreground > mode and debug output. > > - Data validation: Performs basic sanity checks on router > advertisement options; Checks validity of server addresses and search > domains; enforces system-defined size limits for lists of these > items. > > - Ran under Valgrind' memcheck (on FreeBSD) with no leaks found. > > - Not entangled with rtsold(1) which need not be running and might > not exist if the kernel took over soliciting router advertisements (as > is now done in OpenBSD). > > SLAAC is a somewhat dusty corner of IPv6 configuration, so maybe the > existing programs are good enough. This limited use-case is both an > argument for and against including a new implementation. Depending > on your tolerance/enthusiasm level, it's either "why not?" or "why > bother?" > > Is this something the project would want? > > Chuck -- Tomorrow Will Never Die
