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Date:      Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:14:57 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, hrs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ipv6_enable
Message-ID:  <4BB97FE1.6050702@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100405.080158.74730374.sthaug@nethelp.no>
References:  <20100404.184141.03733377.hrs@allbsd.org>	<20100404.115158.74708010.sthaug@nethelp.no>	<4BB955EB.9090000@FreeBSD.org> <20100405.080158.74730374.sthaug@nethelp.no>

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On 04/04/10 23:01, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
>>>>  No, my intension is not to compare IPv4 and IPv6 here.  We have never
>>>>  enable L3 address autoconfiguration without explicit configuration
>>>>  before.  This is reasonable and should be kept for IPv6, too.
>>>
>>> Agree 100%. Having IPv6 SLAAC as the default is a bad idea.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, I *do* like a single rc.conf knob (ipv6_enable) for
>>> the top level IPv6 functionality - even if it doesn't do a 100% job.
>>
>> Thanks for your response. Do you think the compromise that I suggested
>> in my response to Kevin, enabling SLAAC for the interface if DHCP is in
>> use for IPv4 is reasonable?
> 
> I think this is reasonable. However, I think it would also be worth
> while to revisit this point when DHCPv6 has evolved to do a more
> complete job (like assign a default gateway).

Absolutely. That's why I wanted to add the [NO]RTADV knobs, so that you
could combine them with DHCPv6 options.

Doug

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