Re: [Int-area] Combined draft on DHCP authentication

[<Bernard_Aboba at hotmail.com>]

> No. I'm guessing that would be a short book. Especially the IPv6 part,  
> as doing IPv6 over PPP isn't workable in practice.

Out of curiosity -- why not? 

> Most hosts running IPv6 today don't run DHCPv6. If I'm not going to  
> run DHCPv6 to learn IPv6 nameserver addresses, I'm also not going to  
> do it just because my DSL provider wants me to.

I had the impression that this was primarily for use on the CPE.   If
we're talking about adding this to Host Requirements, then there are 
a series of very daunting problems that will arise, such as compatibility
with the installed base.  


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