Re: MVP for a DHCP server

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

 ---- On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:19:45 +0100  Jörg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> wrote --- 
 > On 7/14/25 9:41 PM, Vadim Goncharov wrote:
 > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:17:44 +0200
 > > Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost> wrote:
 > >>> This is an important question because there is no equivalent for DHCPv6 as
 > >>> DHCPv6 does not carry a hardware address option.
 > >> Who on earth needs DHCPv6?
 > >> On v6, I know the IP address as soon as I know the prefix since I know the
 > >> MAC.
 > > 
 > > Anyone who cares about privacy to prevent tracking by MAC addr.
 > 
 > That's why the privacy extension uses random address suffix for outgoing 
 > traffic by default. That has nothing to do with DHCPv6. The only reasons 
 > for the latter are:
 > (1) Your client doesn't support RA-DNS.
 > (2) You want to request a prefix.
 > (3) You need any of the additional fields most people nowadays don't 
 > care about. E.g. most computers will just use the NTP pool out of the box.

(4) your ISP only hands out a /64 and you need to split it

Yeah, the real world need for a DHCPv6 client is reduced compared to DHCPv4, but there is still a need at times.

Roy