Final answer:
DHCPv6 servers can distribute both IPv6 network prefixes and IPv6 addresses to clients based on the client's Device Unique Identifier (DUID), challenging the notion that they only assign prefixes.
Step-by-step explanation:
In DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6), servers can indeed hand out prefixes in addition to addresses. A prefix is a segment of the IPv6 address space that specifies a range of addresses. It is used to allocate a block of addresses to a device or network.For example, a DHCPv6 server can assign a /64 prefix to a device, which allows that device to assign unique addresses to its interfaces within that prefix. This enables the device to have multiple IPv6 addresses and supports features such as network segmentation and mobile IP.So in summary, the statement is FALSE. DHCPv6 servers can hand out both prefixes and addresses to DUIDs (DUID is a device identifier in DHCPv6).The statement 'DHCPv6 servers hand out Prefixes to DUIDs, they don't hand out addresses' is somewhat misleading and requires clarification. In DHCPv6, the server does indeed distribute network prefixes to clients. However, to say that DHCPv6 servers do not hand out addresses is not entirely correct. The DHCPv6 protocol allows for both the assignment of IPv6 prefixes through Prefix Delegation (PD) and the assignment of individual IPv6 addresses to clients.
A Device Unique Identifier (DUID) is used by a client to identify itself to the DHCPv6 server.In a typical DHCPv6 setup, the server can assign an IPv6 address based on the DUID and the Interface Identifier (IAID) of the client. This is done using the IA_NA (Identity Association for Non-temporary Addresses) option. If the network supports Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC), the client can form its own IPv6 address using the network prefix provided by the DHCPv6 server and its own interface identifier.Therefore, the correct statement is that DHCPv6 servers can provide IPv6 addresses and network prefixes, depending on the network configuration and the options implemented on both the server and the client side.