[PDB Tech] allow empty IP field or not?
Chris Caputo
ccaputo at alt.net
Tue Dec 27 05:50:13 PST 2016
Sometimes folks have the IPv6 flag enabled, but they aren't yet doing IPv6
at a particular IXP. If they fill out the IPv6 address, we've seen
participants with automated session configuration based on PeeringDB try
to ND for a router that isn't yet configured to handle the ND. This
results in broadcasts/multicasts on the fabric which our janitor must then
chase down to get quashed. Members then tell the janitor that, hey we saw
it in PeeringDB, and then the janitor has to explain that in the
particular case they are not yet doing IPv6...
When this happens with IPv4 it is no big deal since the arpsponge handles
it, but for IPv6 it is inconvenient.
Chris/SIX
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