RE: How IPv6 host gets DNS address

["BELOEIL Luc FTRD/DMI/CAE" <luc.beloeil@francetelecom.com>]

As far as I understand different opinions, some do think that DNS
autoconfiguration is not enough and other information are also in
concern (NTP, SMTP server addresses, search path list, ...). There I
admit that we need a mechanism that can at least integrate DNS discovery
needs but also evolute to support other "information" discovery. There I
don't think that is a work for dnsop.

Some do think DNS resolver address is enough. I agree with that, when
one trust its local network and/or when one just need simple Ip
connectivity (see Pekka Savola example), DNS resolver addresses is the
only "information" to add to stateless address autoconfiguration. There
I have the feeling that DHCP-lite is still to complicated, and that
well-known addresses are perhaps not appropriate cause it may involve
routing policies not in the scope of local network policies.

my 0.02 %
Luc

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Brad Knowles [mailto:brad.knowles@skynet.be]
> Envoye : jeudi 2 octobre 2003 11:03
> A : Pekka Savola
> Cc : Doug Barton; Bob Hinden; John Schnizlein; Soohong Daniel Park;
> dnsop@cafax.se
> Objet : Re: How IPv6 host gets DNS address
> 
> 
> At 8:03 AM +0300 2003/10/02, Pekka Savola wrote:
> 
> >  Why do you need a search list?  I certainly don't.
> 
> 	Maybe you don't, but I submit that you're not the 
> target typical consumer.
> 
> >  Just remember which scenarios we'd be targeting the 
> solution.  The target
> >  audience would _very probably_ *not* be the enterprise network.
> 
> 	One target audience would be the enterprise network.  Another 
> would be the home user.  I can see where search lists would be 
> important to both.
> 
> >  The one example I personally have used a couple of times 
> is my laptop at
> >  the IETF or in some other network I plug it to.  I don't 
> care less about
> >  DHCP, NTP (the clock is good enough already), Windows 
> environments, search
> >  paths, etc. -- I just want the DNS and be done with it..!
> 
> 	Again, I don't think you're the target typical consumer.
> 
> -- 
> Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
> 
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