host-identifier with IPv6

[David W. Hankins]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:55:52PM -0700, Ted Lemon wrote:
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 3:48 PM, David W. Hankins wrote:
>> How does Nominum solve this problem without contravening RFC 3315's
>> MUST NOT on the subject of digesting DUID subcontents?
>
> I already explained that.   The MUST NOT is with respect to the DHCP 
> servers's behavior in the DHCP protocol.   When you're doing something that 
> is not part of the protocol (e.g., making decisions about what options to 
> send to the client that are not based on requirements in the spec) you can 
> do whatever you want.

But assigning specific single IAADDRs is part of the protocol, and it
is also what we are talking about.  I think we're all pretty
comfortable with how to guide additional configuration parameters.

I was curious how Nominum solves the problem raised in this thread
with any ease, but it seems to me that your solution is not to solve
it?

-- 
David W. Hankins	"If you don't do it right the first time,
Software Engineer		     you'll just have to do it again."
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.		-- Jack T. Hankins
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