Re: [IETF] Last Call: <draft-vegoda-cotton-rfc5735bis-02.txt> (Special Use IPv4 Addresses) to Best Current Practice

[Warren Kumari <[e-mail]>]

On Jul 14, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Christian Huitema wrote:

> Very useful document, certainly worth publishing.

+1

> It is one of those documents that needs frequent updates.
> 

+1

> RFC 6052, IPv6 Addressing of IPv4/IPv6 Translators, makes reference to a predecessor of this document, stating in section 3.1 that "The Well-Known Prefix MUST NOT be used to represent non-global IPv4 addresses, such as those defined in [RFC1918] or listed in Section 3 of [RFC5735]." I assume that implementers will automatically upgrade their code to reference the new version.
> 

-1 -- I would not assume any such thing. I *might* guess that implementors will include the new version in new / updated code, but the not necessarily the "automatically" bit :-P

W

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Randy Bush
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 4:21 PM
> To: IETF Disgust; The IESG
> Subject: [IETF] Re: Last Call: <draft-vegoda-cotton-rfc5735bis-02.txt> (Special Use IPv4 Addresses) to Best Current Practice
> 
>> The IESG has received a request from an individual submitter to 
>> consider the following document:
>> - 'Special Use IPv4 Addresses'
>>   <draft-vegoda-cotton-rfc5735bis-02.txt> as Best Current Practice
> 
> read and support
> 
> randy
> 
> 

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