Tim, At 2016-05-05 12:45:44 +0100 Tim Chown <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 28 Apr 2016, at 06:37, Ted Mittelstaedt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 4/27/2016 12:37 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote: > >> Ted Mittelstaedt<[email protected]> writes: > >>> On 4/26/2016 1:37 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote: > >>>> But let's face it: name-server config is not something that interests a > >>>> large group of end users. Any feature which is not part of the default > >>>> OS installation is not worth considering at all. > >>> > >>> is that a fact? I suppose you don't use SSH then to access your > >>> command line servers and devices.<eyeroll> > >> > >> I meant to imply a name-server config context. I.e. > > > > Understood. I didn't mean to imply that ISP's should tell > > end users to run RDNSS on Windows. But I did want to dispel any > > talk that it was impossible. > > Well, RDNSS is clearly possible on Windows. > > Just like DHCPv6 support is possible on Android. > > Meanwhile neither has happened, and this religious war hurts practical > deployment. > > Will this madness ever end? Probably. After all, OS X now supports DHCPv6 which it did not for many years, so even unbelievers may eventually be converted. (Although I suspect it was more like "okay we will hold our noses and implement it even though we think it stinks"). ;) I just discovered the bug report about DHCPv6 on Android, which is interesting reading for a Friday afternoon. :) https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=32621 Cheers, -- Shane
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