Re: [Autoconf] answers on DHCP DUID, key generation etc.

["Teco Boot" <teco at inf-net.nl>]

Hi Charlie,

>- DHCP DUID isn't going to help if you don't already have DHCP.
>  My strong recommendation, for scalability and robustness, would
>  be to avoid any requirement for DHCP.

I guess you understand my point very well. There are IETF protocols that
assume nodes have a unique ID, and there was no discussion on getting the
id that I can remember. But I was not there, I assume.

I hope your recommendation applies only for MANETs.

I think DHCP can be very useful for attached MANETs, for getting
"additional information", i.e. other than addresses.


>- For key distribution, you didn't like my long key?  Why not?
>   Well then, pick a shorter one.  It becomes a matter of engineering.

Some do not like pre-shared keys.
And if it was a private, a good PRN can be generated very easily.
Or just pre-load a guaranteed unique global address.


Regards, Teco