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

"Townsley.net" <mark@townsley.net> Fri, 10 October 2014 12:43 UTC

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From: "Townsley.net" <mark@townsley.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:43:18 +0200
To: Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
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Cc: Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org>, Pierre Pfister <pierre.pfister@darou.fr>, "homenet@ietf.org" <homenet@ietf.org>, Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [homenet] homenet-prefix-assignment update - prefix length 64 and on prefix comparison
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> 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. 

- Mark

> 
> Tim