In message <20110227204511.gm27...@virtual.bogons.net>, Simon Lockhart writes: > On Mon Feb 28, 2011 at 07:22:08AM +1100, Mark Andrews wrote: > > > This is often required for legislation compliance. DHCP does this well. > > > > Does it really matter what address a customer has as long as it comes from > > the /64, /56 or /48 assigned to them? > > You are assuming an access technology that lends itself to subnet-per-custome > r. > > I run a network with 50,000+ end users using ethernet-based access to the > user's room. In IPv4, I run 1 or more subnets per building (depending on the > number of rooms in the build). I use DHCP to assign IPs, and record the > DHCP assignments allow me to trace users in the event of abuse complaints. I > use DHCP Option82 to allow me to correlate multiple devices in a user's room. > I feed the DHCP information into my bandwidth management platform to enforce > different levels (i.e. speeds) of service per user depending on what they've > purchased. > > I have yet to come up with a viable solution to do all of the above in IPv6 > without using DHCPv6. At the moment, that means that OSX users are not going > to get IPv6.
Have you *asked* your vendors for a alternate solution? DHCP kills privacy addresses. DHCP kills CGAs. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
