Ha! Great news from #MikroTik #RouterOS changelog. Looks like somebody finally tried to use #DHCPv6 Relay and figured out it was completely useless for DHCP-PD.

7.18
*) dhcpv6-relay - added option to create routes for bindings passing through relay;
7.18.1
*) dhcpv6-relay - clear saved routes on DHCP release;

mikrotik.com/download/changelo…

MikroTik

MikroTik makes networking hardware and software, which is used in nearly all countries of the world. Our mission is to make existing Internet technologies faster, more powerful and affordable to wider range of users.

^mikrotik.com

Some arguments people use in the discussion about #DHCPv6 support in #Android are just ridiculous: “very SOPHISTICATED firewall,” “IPXE,” “part of the IPv6 spec” 🙄

I'm sort of getting allergic to mentions starting like “RFC says that…” without quoting the exact document.

Lorenzo Colitti (main driver of not including #DHCPv6 on #Android) has now proposed a compromise for all big networks who want to use DHCPv6 to assign #IPv6 addresses:

Prefix Delegation with /64 via flag in the PIO:
datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/1…

Accountability ✅
SLAAC ✅

This looks like a solid compromise to me for huge networks. It does require at least a /48 per site to support 65k devices but additionally solves other issues as well (NDP cache ex. attack)

Android will get a DHCPv6 client.