Re: [homenet] homenet-prefix-assignment update - prefix length 64 and on prefix comparison

Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Fri, 10 October 2014 14:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [homenet] homenet-prefix-assignment update - prefix length 64 and on prefix comparison
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On 10 Oct 2014, at 13:43, Townsley.net <mark@townsley.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Oct 9, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9 Oct 2014, at 12:03, Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> it doesn't make sense to specify something that breaks SLAAC.
>>> 
>>> protocol design is politics. we want to make it clear to the address delegation authorities that not delegating a large enough address block will lead to breakage.
>>> 
>>> in my view, if we let this principle slide, then the risk isn't that the delegations are /80s, but that they will be /128s. and you're back to IPv6 NAT anyhow.
>> 
>> So - provocative question - should this draft be Experimental in status instead if it’s diving below /64 boundary?
> 
> No. I think you are putting way too much weight on an informational document here. 

Hmmm.. the draft says it’s intended status is Standards Track, not Informational?  Just a typo?

Network Working Group                                         P. Pfister
Internet-Draft                                               B. Paterson
Intended status: Standards Track                           Cisco Systems
Expires: March 23, 2015                                         J. Arkko
                                                                Ericsson
                                                      September 19, 2014

Tim