Gert,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gert Doering [mailto:gert@space.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 2:10 PM
> To: Templin, Fred L
> Cc: Gert Doering; Ralph Droms; Mark Smith; Rémi Després; IPv6 v6ops
> Subject: Re: RFC 5006 status
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 01:32:01PM -0700, Templin, Fred L wrote:
> > > As an operational person, this endless bickering between the RA camp and
> > > the "what do you need RA for that, when DHCP can do this all along" has
> > > FAIL stamped all over it.
> >
> > If you are meaning to blame the RA/DHCP discussions for
> > the slow uptake of IPv6, I don't think that is correct.
>
> Not alone so, of course. But the lack of standards and/or guidelines in
> certain areas (RA/DHCP, multi6, selection of src+dst address pairs in the
> face of multiple source and destination IPv6 addresses being available)
> certainly didn't help.
>
> As I said: you still can't run an IPv6-only network with the most
> common client operating systems without manually configuring some
> missing bits and pieces. Had some standards be available 5 years
> earlier, most notably 5006, this might all be a non-issue today.
>
> Let me repeat: I'm an operational person, and not a researcher or
> vendor. We funny operational people are not searching for the "most
> religiously perfect" solution for things. We need something that
> *works*, and we need it in a timely fashion.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Where is this pressure for this coming from? Are there
customers waiting frustrated at your doorstep because
you are not yet able to provide them a service they are
longing to pay for? (Note: I am a firm believer in the
need to move to IPv6 and have been pushing for it for
close to 15 years now. But, I still don't see the
developing business cases yet.)
Fred
fred.l.templin@boeing.com
> Gert Doering
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