[kea-dev] Support for RFC7550 in kea

Marcin Siodelski marcin at isc.org
Fri Jul 31 14:26:07 UTC 2015


On 31.07.2015 16:12, Tomek Mrugalski wrote:
> On 28.07.2015 12:57, Marcin Siodelski wrote:
> > The question becomes, do we want Kea to have a configuration parameter
> > that allows for falling back to this original behavior (prior to
> > RFC7550)? I have implemented this parameter and I even have tests for
> > this. But, on reflection I tend to think that this switch should be
> > removed and the only supported behavior should be per RFC7550. The
> > reasons why:
> Agree. This is the new way of how the protocol is supposed to work.
> Fortunately, the likelihood of backward incompatibility is very small.
> And that was confirmed by Tim Winters from UNH-IOL, who did extensive
> interop testing.
>
> If we get specific complains from actual users (I find that highly
> unlikely), then we may consider adding such a knob.
>
> Let's drop the switch.

Ok. Thanks.

I have actually already dropped it and the ticket is now awaiting review.

Marcin


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