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Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6

Subject: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:35:50 -0800
In-reply-to: <m28vx1r7m4.wl%[email protected]>
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On Feb 27, 2011, at 4:21 AM, Randy Bush wrote:

>>> You're going to have to perform stateless autconfiguration in ipv6
>>> and provide an ipv4 nameserver at the very minimum for a long time
>> apple is gonna look very very st00pid on world ipv6 day.  and a bunch
>> of folk are considering not turning things off after that day.
> 
> on second thought, guess where the support calls are gonna go.  our
> customer support lines, because we deliver zipless ipv6.
> 
> NOC: are you running a macintosh?
> User: yes, how did you guess?
> NOC: because it is broken.  get vista.
> 
> randy

While I'm as big a fan of IPv6 as anybody, I think in a comparison of
relative brokenness, Mac comes out quite favorably compared to
Vista in spite of their DHCPv6 deficiencies.

Owen

Follow-Ups:
- Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
  - From: tore.anderson at redpill-linpro.com (Tore Anderson)

References:
- Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
  - From: rps at maine.edu (Ray Soucy)
- Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
  - From: joelja at bogus.com (Joel Jaeggli)
- Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
  - From: randy at psg.com (Randy Bush)
- Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6
  - From: randy at psg.com (Randy Bush)

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