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To: "BELOEIL Luc FTRD/DMI/CAE" <luc.beloeil@francetelecom.com>
Cc: <dnsop@cafax.se>
From: John Schnizlein <jschnizl@cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 11:05:17 -0400
In-Reply-To: <C331E5A29B51A84E9755E834A3E619D10F9FC1@ftrdmel1.rd.francetelecom.fr>
Sender: owner-dnsop@cafax.se
Subject: RE: How IPv6 host gets DNS address

At 10:32 AM 10/6/2003, BELOEIL Luc FTRD/DMI/CAE wrote:
>...
>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...

What is complicated about DHCP-lite?

Host requests configuration options. Host gets DNS address.
This works for situations where DNS address is all that is 
needed, and for those in which more options are needed.
No need to decide in advance which case applies.

John

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