Android (lack of) support for DHCPv6

Fri Jun 12 17:34:21 UTC 2015

The thing about this is that I get the impression that there was violent 
agreement that DHCPv6 with PD would be Good Thing.
I think that the disagreement is about single address assignments being 
a Bad Thing or Good Thing.

For Android, it seems that if operators implemented the ability to fetch 
a prefix that would be great for Android.
For operators, if you do DHCPv6-PD and Android implements it... the 
camel's nose is under the tent...

Mike

On 06/12/2015 09:53 AM, William Herrin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo at heliacal.net> wrote:
>> DHCPv6 is a crutch that allows operators to simply implement IPv6
>> with all the same hacks as IPv4 and continue to do address based
>> access control, tracking, etc.
> Hi Lazlo,
>
> Who are you to tell me how I must or must not use this new technology?
> I will use it if I please and as I please. Your (and Lorenzo's)
> arguments that I must not do stateful address assignment do not please
> me and do not engender me to implement or support your variant of the
> new technology.
>
> You are, of course, welcome to tell me I'm not important enough for
> you to care. Should you do so, don't expect more than disdain the next
> time you express frustration with the technology's rate of uptake.
>
>
>> I think what Lorenzo is trying to do is to use his
>> influence/position to forcefully prevent people from doing this,
>> and while that may not be the most diplomatic way, I admire his
>> courage in posting here and trying to reason with the mob.
> Hopefully he learned in this escapade that no one, NO ONE, has
> sufficient position nor influence nor, ultimately, sufficient wisdom
> to dictate how a technology is to be used. Having offered our
> respective suggestions, we can but listen as prospective users tell us
> what additional capabilities they require.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>