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[ipv6-wg] Fwd: [v6ops] WG Last Call on draft-ietf-v6ops-cpe-slaac-renum
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Fernando Gont
fgont at si6networks.com
Sat Apr 4 22:28:37 CEST 2020
Hello, Nico,
On 3/4/20 09:33, Nico Schottelius wrote:
>
> Good morning everyone,
>
> in this light I am wondering two things:
>
> - Why did the essential netboot related information (filename / server)
> never made it into the router advertisements? (I know they exist in
> dhcpv6)
The reason (other than probably that nobody proposed it) is that in
theory SLAAC is used for basic network configuration. And that for other
stuff, DHCPv6 is used ("M" bit set in RA messages).
> - Would this be the right platform to discuss an extension to router
> advertisements to include a "boot-url" instead of the legacy server +
> filename format?
This should be done in 6man, rathen than v6ops, since this woudl be a
protocol extension/update.
Thanks,
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