{"draft":"draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-prefix-length-hint-issue-06","doc_id":"RFC8168","title":"DHCPv6 Prefix-Length Hint Issues","authors":["T. Li","C. Liu","Y. Cui"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"9","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Dynamic Host Configuration","abstract":"DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation allows a client to include a prefix-length\r\nhint value in the IA_PD option to indicate a preference for the size\r\nof the prefix to be delegated, but it is unclear about how the client\r\nand server should act in different situations involving the\r\nprefix-length hint.  This document provides a summary of the existing\r\nproblems with the prefix-length hint and guidance on what the client\r\nand server could do in different situations.","pub_date":"May 2017","keywords":["DHCPv6","Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol","IPv6","Prefix","Prefix Delegation","Prefix Length","Hint","Address Allocation"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC8168","errata_url":null}