IPv6 DNS autoconfiguration?

[Liu Yongxiang]

Good idea indeed.

On Wed, 24 May 2000, Nick Sayer wrote:

> I have some random thoughts for how one could achieve IPv6 DNS
> autoconfiguration, which I regard as the last step before
> plug-n-play networking truly arrives.
> 
> One simply needs to fill in the "nameserver" line, really.
> Everything else is optional.
> 
> It could be as simple as a recommendation that a particular
> link-local alias (fe80::35?) always either be a name server or
> a redirector. Or perhaps a particular site-local address
> (ff00::35?) ?
> 
> ... Or do people envision using a dumbed-down DHCP for this?
> Maybe it's just me, but the ability to define site-local
> aliases so easily makes me think that nothing is gained from
> using DHCP instead of an alias. What does everyone think?
>