Re: [Autoconf] new charter

Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> Fri, 27 February 2009 13:23 UTC

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Teco Boot a écrit :
> Hi Alex,
> 
> Let's try to be accurate:
> 
> [skip]
> |Sorry... in the picture above the addresses are also /128.  It was an
> |abbreviation for me to show only 2001:db8:1::1/64 assigned to Host1.
> |The full notation should have been 2001:db8:1::/64 prefix and
> |2001:db8:1::1/128.  Would the following picture satisfy the need for
> |/128 addresses?:
> 
> When prefix::/64 is assigned to a host, it configures a /64 address and not
> an /128 address.

I'm not sure I understand.

The prefix::/64 is typically assigned to a link, not to a host.  If a 
host is connected to that link then it configures a /128 address and a 
/64 subnet prefix, both "128" and "64" numbers are visible in its tables.

I don't understand why the need for /128 prefixes, why isn't the above 
/64-prefix-and-/128address not sufficient?

> Routers may generate a /128 prefix-address, and advertize this in the
> routing domain.

A host-based route propagated and deleted throughout a domain?  I don't 
see the necessity of doing so.  Assuming the routers are mobile within 
25m ranges then they wouldn't need to change their addresses, thus no 
need to propagate host-based routes.

Do you agree we consider routers mobile only within 25m ranges?

Alex

> Some mechanisms should make sure the /128 routing prefix is unique, if
> required. It is not required if the prefix is meant as anycast address,
> routers may use "duplicate prefixes" if this is useful. I think anycast is
> out-of-scope for [Autoconf], but we should be careful when specifying "MUST"
> for prefix uniqueness. We should use "SHOULD" instead.
> 
> Teco.
> 
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