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Drop DHCPv6 NIS/NIS+ support
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Description

Our DHCPv6 implementation supports configuration of truly ancient protocols which nowadays I know no system if which still makes use of NIS in the days of LDAP / ActiveDirectory.

Thus those configuration options should be migrated to /dev/null

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Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
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Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Unspecified (possibly destroys the router)
Issue type
Improvement (missing useful functionality)

Event Timeline

c-po created this task.Oct 5 2020, 5:14 PM
kroy added a subscriber: kroy.Oct 5 2020, 5:17 PM

Honestly it's not anything I've ever used. But from asking around some people still use it (not specifically in VyOS, just in general)

https://likegeeks.com/linux-nis-server/

Is a fairly recent article that talks about using it.

c-po added a comment.Oct 5 2020, 5:22 PM

Okay 2017 is like yesterday in NIS history so we then should keep it!

c-po closed this task as Invalid.Oct 5 2020, 5:22 PM
pasik added a subscriber: pasik.Oct 6 2020, 7:19 PM
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus board.Nov 23 2020, 4:01 PM
erkin set Issue type to Improvement (missing useful functionality).Aug 29 2021, 12:42 PM
erkin removed a subscriber: Active contributors.
syncer edited projects, added VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.0); removed VyOS 1.3 Equuleus.Aug 29 2022, 12:27 PM
syncer moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.0) board.