To:
pekkas@netcore.fi
Cc:
dnsop@cafax.se
From:
matthew.ford@bt.com
Date:
Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:58:19 +0100
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Subject:
RE: IPv6 DNS Autoconfiguration
> I want a spec which is simple and clear, and less than 15-20 > pages long. That would certainly be nice, but I don't think we should base our decision on the length of the specifications for the proposed solutions ;-) Benefits of the RA approach I can see are: o no need to implement DHCP clients in all hosts - this could be important for very simple network devices o no need to solicit data explicitly - hosts will either hear an RA with the relevant data, or send an RS and get the name server details as part of the RA response. I don't support the idea of an 'active' mode whereby hosts can explictly request the DNS data. If the router(s) is/are configured with the name server data and are configured to advertise it then they will do so. Explicit requests only make sense if we anticipate explicit requests for other types of data, and I think this should be absolutely out-of-scope. Mat. #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.