> There are several reasons that people shout about DHCPv6: ... > - politics: probably the most contentious area. One well-known example > - is how ipv6 on cellular impacts carrier vs handset control > - politics. 3GPP specifies that the ppp context for tethering must > - support SLAAC and therefore it provides a /64 for LAN > - connectivity. This means that the handset applications have as much > - address space as they need. The argument goes that if DHCPv6 were a > - viable option for this, then the mobile operators would effectively > - wrestle control of the applications running on the handset (and > - ultimately control of the handset capabilities itself away from the > - handset software vendors) by handing control of the number of > - available IPv6 addresses to the cellular operator. This is, at least, > - the reason cited by the Android authors for the point-blank refusal to > - implement DHCPv6 in android (bug ID 32621).
We are already 90% of the way here: Make IA_PD work for hosts, not just for routers. That way Android handsets can have as many addresses as they want. Steinar Haug, AS2116
