Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:13:10 +0200 From: Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCPv6 client in base Message-ID: <e7cbb764bb9078821b5034c423891834@ijs.si> In-Reply-To: <CAOc73CCLPmB7m3yaDE7p4izJ8apaO5jcyRPyLkSJtopqsHxtSQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <001e01d50b49$176104d0$46230e70$@gmail.com> <20190516.032012.517661495892269813.hrs@allbsd.org> <CAOc73CCLPmB7m3yaDE7p4izJ8apaO5jcyRPyLkSJtopqsHxtSQ@mail.gmail.com>
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2019-05-15 driesm.michiels wrote: > Has anyone ever thought or considered integrating an IPv6 DHCP client > in base? [...] > I have a plan to import wide-dhcp6 into the base system because it is > simple enough. [...] > Other alternatives? Thoughts? This topic came up three years ago. David A. Bright reported he has done some preparatory work. See the full thread from June 2016: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2016-June/045535.html Does wide-dhcp6 support (Stable Private Addresses - RFC 7217) ??? I'd really like to see this feature in dhcpv6 on FreeBSD ( "other" OSes take it for granted :) . Myself wrote then: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2016-June/045610.html | | The dhcpcd seems like another good choice. | | https://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd | | It is licensed under the 2 clause BSD license, | supports BSD, is being actively developed, | is in ports: net/dhcpcd | | Seems to be the only one to support RFC 7217 | (Opaque Interface Identifiers with SLAAC = Stable Private Addresses) | which currently lacks support on FreeBSD as far as I can tell | (but does work on newer linux). | | Some of the notable features: | | IPv6 Router Solicitation including optional address and route management | IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration | IPv6 Stable Private Addresses | Seamless quad stack of DHCPv4, IPv4LL, IPv6RS, DHCPv6 | Small runtime, 200k on amd64 NetBSD | ... 2019-10-07 02:53, Ben Woods wrote: > I would like to discuss whether dhcpcd is a better option to import > into > FreeBSD base, rather than wide-dhcp6. > > dhcpcd has the following benefits that I can see: > - Actively maintained [1] (wide-dhcp6 seems to be stale for 11 years?) > - Used in NetBSD and DragonflyBSD (code sharing amongst the BSDs will > facilitate collective progress and lesson sharing). Roy, the upstream > maintainer, has committer on both NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD. > - more feature rich [2] > > [1] https://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/history > [2] https://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/features > > hrs - what are your thoughts? > > Regards, > Ben +1, I second that. Mark
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