Protocol Action: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks to Proposed Standard
The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> Wed, 01 August 2001 00:16 UTC
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Subject: Protocol Action: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks to Proposed Standard
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The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft 'Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 1394 Networks' <draft-ietf-ipngwg-1394-02.txt> as a Proposed Standard. This document is the product of the IPNG Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Erik Nordmark and Thomas Narten. Technical Summary IEEE Std 1394-1995 is a standard for a High Performance Serial Bus. This document describes the frame format for transmission of IPv6 packets and the method of forming IPv6 link-local addresses and statelessly autoconfigured addresses on IEEE1394 networks. It also describes the content of the Source/Target Link-layer Address option used in Neighbor Discovery to perform address resolution when the messages are transmitted on an IEEE1394 network. Working Group Summary This document is based heavily on the IPv4 over 1394 specification [RFC 2734] and defers to that specification for the definition of some of its functions. During the Last Call, comments were made that there may be performance problems with the existing IPv4 over 1394 specification and that it may need to be reexamined. Consequently, requests to delay advancement of this document were made. However, at this time, it remains unclear whether and when the IPv4 over 1394 standard will be updated and to what extent such an update will obsolete the current design. Thus, the IESG has approved this document as a Proposed Standard. Like all Proposed Standards, it can be updated at anytime as needed. Protocol Quality This specification has been reviewed for the IESG by Thomas Narten.