[ipv6hackers] "Stick to limited IPv6 deployments, businesses warned"

[Jim Small]

Hi Owen,

> >>> I share your view. Personally I don't like SLAAC at all. However it is
> >>> very "explosive" topic where different people have very differed
> opinion
> >>> about that. Observing the current situation all important vendors (MS,
> >>> Apple) started supporting DHCPv6, so I expect that DHCPv6 will be a
> >>> dominant method of autoconfiguration.
> >>
> >> So we're pretty much writing off RDNSS?  That what it seems like to me,
> but just confirming.
> >
> > Working for an ISP here - we are definitely asking our router vendors
> > about lots of IPv6 features, but RDNSS is *not* on the list so far.
> >
> This might be helpful:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_IPv6_support_in_operating_s
> ystems
> 
> According to it, RDNSS is supported in Linux, BSD, JunOS, MacOS, MeeGo
> (whatever that is), and available as an addon for Vista and 7.
> 
> FWIW, the number of OS implementing RDNSS isn't much less than the
> number with DHCPv6 support in the table (10 RDNSS and 13 DHCP).

That's good, but I'm a little skeptical.  I have seen things reported here that turn out not to be true.  Can someone who has OS 10.7 or 10.8 confirm that RDNSS actually works?

Thanks,
  --Jim