Technical Summary
IPv6 hosts using Stateless Address Autoconfiguration are able to
automatically configure their IPv6 address and default router
settings. However, further settings are not available. If such
hosts wish to automatically configure their DNS, NTP or other
specific settings 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 such a 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, changes 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.
Working Group Summary
This document is a work item of the DHC WG.
Protocol Quality
This document was reviewed for the IESG by Margaret Wasserman.