Re:IP addresses and routing
by magicalhippo on Friday July 27, 2018 @06:37PM
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> This is not an IPv6 issue.
It's not an IPv6 specification issue, correct. It is an IPv6 adoption issue. My ISP has provided IPv6 for 5 years, only last year did I get a router where it worked (apart from the other issues I've mentioned).
>> IPv6 requires DNS, even with static prefix
> False.
Of course it doesn't _technically_ require DNS, but in practice I'm not going to remember the 16 hex digits that is my prefix. And that's before SLAAC.
>> Dynamic prefix requires firewall rules to be updated when prefix changes.
> That is the DHCPv6 client's job. You should be able to provide a script that the DHCPv6 client runs on server reply messages.
Why should I have to provide a script? At most, I should be able to check a box on my router/firewall. Ideally I shouldn't have to mess with it at all.
It's not an IPv6 specification issue, correct. It is an IPv6 adoption issue. My ISP has provided IPv6 for 5 years, only last year did I get a router where it worked (apart from the other issues I've mentioned).
>> IPv6 requires DNS, even with static prefix
> False.
Of course it doesn't _technically_ require DNS, but in practice I'm not going to remember the 16 hex digits that is my prefix. And that's before SLAAC.
>> Dynamic prefix requires firewall rules to be updated when prefix changes.
> That is the DHCPv6 client's job. You should be able to provide a script that the DHCPv6 client runs on server reply messages.
Why should I have to provide a script? At most, I should be able to check a box on my router/firewall. Ideally I shouldn't have to mess with it at all.