17 Feb
2009
17 Feb
'09
3:49 p.m.
do this, but others here do). For example, getting over the stateless autoconfig religion (which was never fully thought out -- how does a autoconfig'd device get a DNS name associated with their address in a DNSSEC- signed world again?) and letting network operators use DHCP with IPv6 the way they do with IPv4.
While I wouldn't call SLAAC a religion, I will say (again) that it works in many cases for some people, today - and whether you consider SLAAC "half-baked" or "slim-by-design" is a subjective matter. In the meantime, I am also a proponent for letting ops use DHCPv6 ... especially DHCPv6-PD!