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The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6

Subject: The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:41:41 -0700
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On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:00 PM, Ricky Beam wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:44:22 -0400, Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch at muada.com> wrote:
>> BTW, does this broken software run over IPv6, anyway?
> 
> Poorly designed network plus poorly designed software... I don't know which chicken came first, and it doesn't matter.
> 
> IPv6 is totally different barnyard.  Build the v6 network properly -- one gateway (one router, vrrp, whatever) -- and retool the software properly.  IPv6 doesn't have a broadcast address; as such if the software is setup to use an appropriate multicast target (presumably in "user defined" space), then it'll talk to exactly the right machines, and it's routable.
> 
> --Ricky

Sounds great, but, sometimes proprietary vertical software is a lot harder to move forward than
you might think.

Owen

References:
- Cogent IPv6
  - From: rps at maine.edu (Ray Soucy)
- Cogent IPv6
  - From: nick at foobar.org (Nick Hilliard)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: iljitsch at muada.com (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: sthaug at nethelp.no (sthaug at nethelp.no)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: bzeeb-lists at lists.zabbadoz.net (Bjoern A. Zeeb)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: bicknell at ufp.org (Leo Bicknell)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: rps at maine.edu (Ray Soucy)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: sclark at netwolves.com (Steve Clark)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: rps at maine.edu (Ray Soucy)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: nick at foobar.org (Nick Hilliard)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: rps at maine.edu (Ray Soucy)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: ben at bjencks.net (Ben Jencks)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: iljitsch at muada.com (Iljitsch van Beijnum)
- The stupidity of trying to "fix" DHCPv6
  - From: jfbeam at gmail.com (Ricky Beam)

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