DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation Clarification

[perl-list]

Does anyone have any information in regards to this question? 

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> From: "perl-list" <perl-list at network1.net>
> To: "Users of ISC DHCP" <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:34:03 AM
> Subject: Re: DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation Clarification

> Apologies ... I neglected to include that we are currently running
> version 4.2.3-P1

> ----- Original Message -----

> > From: "perl-list" <perl-list at network1.net>
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> > To: dhcp-users at lists.isc.org
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> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 10:26:35 AM
> 
> > Subject: DHCPv6 Prefix Delegation Clarification
> 

> > The man page (man 5 dhcpd.conf) states the following regarding
> > prefix
> > delegation:
> 

> > The prefix6 statement
> 

> > prefix6 low-address high-address / bits;
> 

> > The prefix6 is the range6 equivalent for Prefix Delegation (RFC
> > 3633). Prefixes of bits length are assigned between low-address and
> > high-address.
> 

> > Any IPv6 prefixes given to static entries (hosts) with
> > fixed-prefix6
> > are excluded from the prefix6.
> 

> > This statement is currently global but it should have a
> > shared-network scope.
> 

> > My specific question is in regards to the final statement. Does
> > this
> > mean that the prefix6 statement can currently be confined to a
> > shared-network scope but DHCP will not barf if it is in a global
> > position, or that it will be global in scope even if placed inside
> > a
> > shared-network scope?
> 

> > The reason I ask, is that if it is global even if in a specific
> > shared-network statement, invalid networks could be delegated to
> > clients on completely separate physical networks in our
> > implementation.
> 

> > Thank you,
> 

> > Darren
> 
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