Dynamic Host Configuration (dhc)

Name

Dynamic Host Configuration

Acronym

dhc

Area

Internet Area (int)

State

Active

Charter

charter-ietf-dhc-09 Approved

Dependencies

Document dependency graph (SVG)

Additional URLs

- Wiki

- Issue tracker

Personnel

Chairs

Bernie Volz
Tomek Mrugalski

Area Director

Suresh Krishnan

Mailing list

Address

dhcwg@ietf.org

To subscribe

http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg

Charter for Working Group

The Dynamic Host Configuration Working Group (DHC WG) has developed DHCP
for automated allocation, configuration and management of IP addresses,
IPv6 prefixes, IP protocol stack and other parameters. DHCPv4 is
currently a Draft Standard and is documented in RFC 2131 and RFC 2132.
DHCPv6 is currently a Proposed Standard and is being updated. The WG
plans to advance the DHCPv6 protocol to Internet standard.

The DHC WG is responsible for defining DHCP protocol extensions.
Definitions of new DHCP options that are delivered using standard
mechanisms with documented semantics are not considered a protocol
extension and thus are generally outside of scope for the DHC WG. Such
options should be defined within their respective WGs or sponsored by an
appropriate AD and reviewed by DHCP experts in the Internet Area
Directorate. However, if such options require protocol extensions or new
semantics, the protocol extension work must be done in the DHC WG.

The DHC WG has the following main objectives:

1. Work on informational documents providing operational or implementation advice
about DHCPv6, as well as documents specifying standard mechanisms for
operating, administering and managing DHCPv6 servers, clients, and relay
agents.

2. Assist other WGs and independent submissions in defining options
(that follow RFC 7227 guidelines) and to assure DHCP operational
considerations are properly documented.

3. Issue an updated version of the DHCPv6 base specification, and after
an appropriate interval following publication, advance to Internet standard.

Milestones

Date	Milestone
Nov 2020	Recharter or close down WG
Jul 2020	WGLC DHCPv6 Prefix Delegating relay draft-fkhp-dhc-dhcpv6-pd-relay-requirements
Jul 2020	Advance 3315bis RFC to Internet Standard
Jun 2020	WGLC draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-yang draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-yang
Mar 2020	WGLC IPv6-Only-Preferred Option for DHCP draft-link-dhc-v6only
Jan 2020	Adopt DHCPv6 Prefix Delegating relay draft-fkhp-dhc-dhcpv6-pd-relay-requirements
Nov 2019	WGLC SLAP quadrant selection options for DHCPv6 draft-ietf-dhc-slap-quadrant
Nov 2019	WGLC Link-Layer Addresses Assignment Mechanism for DHCPv6 draft-ietf-dhc-mac-assign

Done milestones

Date	Milestone
Done	Adopt IPv6-Only-Preferred Option for DHCP draft-link-dhc-v6only
Done	WGLC draft-ietf-dhc-dhcp4o6-saddr-opt draft-ietf-dhc-dhcp4o6-saddr-opt

1 new milestone currently in Area Director review.