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Re: [v6ops] draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis prohibiting non-/64 subnets

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Fri, 24 February 2017 03:34 UTC

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From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:34:32 +0900
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis prohibiting non-/64 subnets
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:23 PM, Christopher Morrow <
morrowc.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> > The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
> > final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
> > ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2017-03-01. Exceptionally, comments may
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> Nothing in the past really matters here, what matters is: "Is the bis
> draft all set, did we fix all the things which must be fixed before this
> draft becomes a real 'standard'?"
>

I don't think you can say nothing in the past matters here. We know that
there have been host implementations that relied on this guarantee, and we
have to consider that if we change the standard, those implementations will
become non-compliant.

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