Renumbering Requirements for Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
RFC 4076, “Renumbering Requirements for Stateless Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6”, is an Informational document published in May 2005 by T. Chown, S. Venaas, A. Vijayabhaskar. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
IPv6 hosts using Stateless Address Autoconfiguration are able to configure their IPv6 address and default router settings automatically. However, further settings are not available. If these hosts wish to configure their DNS, NTP, or other specific settings automatically, the stateless variant of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) could be used. This combination of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration and stateless DHCPv6 could be used quite commonly in IPv6 networks. However, hosts using this combination currently have no means by which to be informed of changes in stateless DHCPv6 option settings; e.g., the addition of a new NTP server address, a change in DNS search paths, or full site renumbering. This document is presented as a problem statement from which a solution should be proposed in a subsequent document. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 4074 Common Misbehavior Against DNS Queries for IPv6 Addresses
- RFC 4078 The TV-Anytime Content Reference Identifier
- RFC 4073 Protecting Multiple Contents with the Cryptographic Message Syntax
- RFC 4079 A Presence Architecture for the Distribution of GEOPRIV Location Objects
- RFC 4072 Diameter Extensible Authentication Protocol Application
- RFC 4080 Next Steps in Signaling : Framework