Protocol Action: An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format to Proposed Standard

The IESG <iesg-secretary@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> Mon, 13 May 1996 19:08 UTC

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Subject: Protocol Action: An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast Address Format to Proposed Standard
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 15:02:23 -0400
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  The IESG has approved the Internet-Draft "An IPv6 Provider-Based Unicast
  Address Format" <draft-ietf-ipngwg-unicast-addr-fmt-04.txt> as a Proposed
  Standard. This document is the product of the IPNG Working Group. The
  IESG contact persons are Scott Bradner and Allison Mankin.


Technical Summary

  This document defines an IPv6 provider-based unicast address format
  for use in the Internet. The address format defined in this document
  is consistent with previous documents from the IPng working group and
  is intended to facilitate scalable Internet routing.

  The unicast address format defined in this document doesn't preclude
  the use of other unicast address formats.


Working Group Summary

   This document reflects comments recieved during IESG review.


Protocol Quality


  The document was review for the IESG by Allison Mankin and Scott
  Bradner.

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