Technical Summary
This memo defines a new Relay Agent Subscriber-ID option for the
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6). The option
allows a DHCPv6 relay agent to associate a stable "Subscriber-ID"
with DHCPv6 client messages in a way that is independent of the
client and of the underlying physical network infrastructure.mary
Working Group Summary
This document is the work of the DHC WG. The WG has consensus to
publish this document as a Proposed Standard.
Protocol Quality
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Margaret Wasserman.
Note to RFC Editor
DROP:
2. Requirements Terminology
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [2].
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DROP:
Reference [2] to RFC 2119.
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OLD (in Section 3):
However, as the DHCPv4 Subscriber-ID suboption [4] specifies NVT
ASCII [5] encoded data, in environments where both DHCPv4 [6] and
DHCPv6 are being used, it MAY be beneficial to use that encoding.
NEW:
However, as the DHCPv4 Subscriber-ID suboption [4] specifies NVT
ASCII [5] encoded data, in environments where both DHCPv4 [6] and
DHCPv6 are being used, it may be beneficial to use that encoding.
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OLD (in Section 4):
DHCPv6 relay agents MAY be configured to include a Subscriber-ID
option in relayed (RELAY-FORW) DHCPv6 messages. How the
subscriber-id is assigned and the mechanisms used to configure it are
outside the scope of this memo.
NEW:
DHCPv6 relay agents may be configured to include a Subscriber-ID
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option in relayed (RELAY-FORW) DHCPv6 messages. How the
subscriber-id is assigned and the mechanisms used to configure it are
outside the scope of this memo.
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OLD (in Section 5):
This option provides additional information to the DHCPv6 server.
The DHCPv6 server MAY use this information, if available, in addition
to other relay agent option data, other options included in the
NEW:
This option provides additional information to the DHCPv6 server.
The DHCPv6 server may use this information, if available, in addition
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to other relay agent option data, other options included in the