We *want* things like IPv6 stateless autoconfig to work. It's a great idea. We *want* a protocol simple enough that we don't have to deal with stateful DHCP, we *want* something that is hard to screw up.
You should be aware that this is by no means a universal viewpoint.
Very few viewpoints are universal. I've just waded through a debate on another mailing list about how broadband providers are going to only want to allocate you a single IPv6 address... bleah.
IPv6 stateless autoconfig can be screwed up, DHCP can be screwed up.
Everything *can* be screwed up. You know what Scotty says.
For my IPv6 networks I plan to stick with fixed IPv6 address or DHCP.
That's fine, but I don't want to lose the option of stateless autoconfig just because someone doesn't grasp the size of the address space and the intent of the designers. Allocating everyone a /48 does not preclude the use of stateless autoconfig, DHCP, or manual configuration. Allocating everyone a /96, on the other hand? ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.