[ipv6-wg] netboot and RAs (was: WG Last Call on draft-ietf-v6ops-cpe-slaac-renum)

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 02:33:23PM +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> [..]
> in this light I am wondering two things:

> - Why did the essential netboot related information (filename / server)
>   never made it into the router advertisements? (I know they exist in
>   dhcpv6)

I think this is related to the main conceptual difference: RAs are
periodically multicasted to all nodes on a link, while DHCP(v6) sends
tailored information to individual nodes, and only on request.

> - Would this be the right platform to discuss an extension to router
>   advertisements to include a "boot-url" instead of the legacy server +
>   filename format?

It might at least be a place to connect with others interested in
working on that, before moving over to the IETF.

Wolfgang