[Witarea] Re: [v6ops] Re: Re: How to make an elegant IPv4 outage

Ole Trøan <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:11:59 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.tsv-area,gmane.ietf.general,gmane.ietf.v6ops
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<html class=3D"apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equi=
v=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body dir=3D=
"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><blockquote type=3D=
"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><title></title><div>Sounds like dhcp needs a zone re=
fresh timer.&nbsp;</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Is it something DH=
CPv6 and IPv6 ND doesn=E2=80=99t need it is more timers and =C2=ABlifetime=C2=
=BB promises.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>Would be interesting to know if any o=
f those are used operationally as was intended.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><d=
iv>Ole</div><div><div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><=
br></div><div>On Fri, Jun 12, 2026, at 12:54 PM, Ole Tr=C3=B8an wrote:</div>=
<blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"qt" style=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">Tim,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF</div><blockquote type=3D=
"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"direction:ltr;font-family:Aptos, Arial=
, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Well, that=E2=80=
=99s 6man, this is v6ops. &nbsp;If bad operational procedures are followed, w=
e should highlight those with pointers to the good. &nbsp;Doesn=E2=80=99t ha=
ve to name names I suppose.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You c=
ould. But it=E2=80=99s a world of inconsistency. DHCPv6 PD lifetimes was rec=
ommended to mirror the lifetime of the customer contract. But then you got i=
nto issues with state maintenance on intermediate routers, and ended up with=
 short lifetimes, so RR has no visibility into the actual lifetime of the pr=
efix.&nbsp;</div><div>Then providers raised the issue of rebalancing custome=
rs between eg CMTSs, where maintaining the same prefix has a cost.</div><div=
>And I am sure a desire for tiered products.&nbsp;</div><div>A combination o=
f ipv6 protocols, business practices and operational reality.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>Ole</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite">=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"direction:ltr;font-family:Aptos, Arial, Helve=
tica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div id=3D"qt=
-mail-editor-reference-message-container"><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile=
-reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><br></div><div c=
lass=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofing">On 12/06/202=
6, 10:48, "Ole Tr=C3=B8an" &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:</div><div cl=
ass=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"dire=
ction:ltr;"><br></div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message q=
t-skipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><br></div><blockquote><div class=3D=
"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"direction:=
ltr;font-family:Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb=
(0, 0, 0);">Perhaps we need to start draft-v6ops-ipv6-dinosaurs and start to=
 name and shame such organisations and what they=E2=80=99re doing wrong=E2=80=
=A6 polite but objective critique and pointers in the doc to best practice.<=
/div></blockquote><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-sk=
ipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><br></div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-m=
obile-reference-message qt-skipProofing">It may produce a better outcome if w=
e instead focus on fixing the gaps in ipv6. &nbsp;</div><div class=3D"qt-ms-=
outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><=
br></div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofin=
g">Ole</div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProo=
fing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><br></div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-=
reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><br></div><div c=
lass=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"dir=
ection:ltr;"><br></div><blockquote><div id=3D"qt-mail-editor-reference-messa=
ge-container"><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-skipPr=
oofing">On 11/06/2026, 21:03, "Phillip Hallam-Baker" &lt;[email protected]=
om&gt; wrote:</div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message qt-s=
kipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><br></div><div class=3D"qt-gmail_defau=
lt" style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:9.75pt;">Just got off the phone with a v=
ery large ISP after a failed attempt to get an IPv6 address.</div><div class=
=3D"qt-gmail_default" style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:9.75pt;"><br></div><d=
iv class=3D"qt-gmail_default" style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:9.75pt;">Turn=
s out that I can have IPv6 but only dynamic and only if I am on dynamic IPv4=
. I cannot get IPv6 for my service with static IPv4 addresses.</div><div cla=
ss=3D"qt-gmail_default" style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:9.75pt;"><br></div>=
<div class=3D"qt-gmail_default" style=3D"direction:ltr;font-size:9.75pt;">Se=
ems to me that we are still a long way away from being able to shutter IPv4 c=
ompletely.</div><div class=3D"qt-gmail_default" style=3D"direction:ltr;font-=
size:9.75pt;"><br></div><div class=3D"qt-gmail_default" style=3D"direction:l=
tr;font-size:9.75pt;">What I have not yet tried but should is trying to use t=
he IPv6 mapping of my IPv4 addresses.</div></div><div class=3D"qt-ms-outlook=
-mobile-reference-message qt-skipProofing" style=3D"direction:ltr;"><div>___=
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