Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard
Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> Mon, 27 February 2017 10:00 UTC
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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard
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Le 26/02/2017 à 14:24, Sander Steffann a écrit : > >> Op 26 feb. 2017, om 14:05 heeft Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> het volgende geschreven: >> >> On 02/26/2017 09:55 AM, Sander Steffann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>>> 2.3. Address Type Identification >>>> >>>> The type of an IPv6 address is identified by the high-order bits of >>>> the address, as follows: >>>> >>>> Address type Binary prefix IPv6 notation Section >>>> ------------ ------------- ------------- ------- >>>> Unspecified 00...0 (128 bits) ::/128 2.4.2 >>>> Loopback 00...1 (128 bits) ::1/128 2.4.3 >>>> Multicast 11111111 ff00::/8 2.6 >>>> Link-Local unicast 1111111010 fe80::/10 2.4.6 >>>> Global Unicast (everything else) >>>> >>>> >>>> I wonder if this table should explicitly call out ULAs, and provide a >>>> reference to the corresponding section. >>> >>> ULAs are not an address type, they are Global Unicast. Adding them here might confuse people. And if we include ULAs then there is lots more that we should include as well. So while I understand your question, I think it would be better not to. >> >> The "confusing" part is that, while globally unique, their scope is not >> really global -- i.e., they are not meant to be globally routable. > > Indeed, globally unique vs globally routable. But if you go into this then it's more complicated than it seems. Whether something is routable and where are an operational choice. Companies choosing to interconnect might route each other's ULA space, while some of my RIPE NCC allocated space is not routed anywhere public. It's difficult to give a fixed definition that doesn't take operational stuff into account. > > Of course the intention of how to use ULA should be mentioned somewhere, but probably not in this table. > >> Wasn't there at some point an I-D aiming to clarify what "global" meant? >> -- IIRC, authored by Brian et al. > > Sorry, I don't remember. It was something to correct at IANA about this 'global'. Alex > > Cheers, > Sander >
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- RE: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Manfredi, Albert E
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Stefano Previdi (sprevidi)
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… tom p.
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… C. M. Heard
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… 神明達哉
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Pete Resnick
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Suresh Krishnan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Pete Resnick
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… tom p.
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Enno Rey
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Enno Rey
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… John Leslie
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Mark Smith
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Randy Bush
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Sander Steffann
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Greg Skinner
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joe Touch
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joe Touch
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joe Touch
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Pete Resnick
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Philip Homburg
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… 神明達哉
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Randy Bush
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Suresh Krishnan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Suresh Krishnan
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Eric Vyncke (evyncke)
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Leddy, John
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Tal Mizrahi
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Mark Smith
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Mark Smith
- RE: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… Tal Mizrahi
- RE: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… David Mozes
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joel M. Halpern
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joel M. Halpern
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joel M. Halpern
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Joel M. Halpern
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Philip Homburg
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… C. M. Heard
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… C. M. Heard
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Mark Andrews
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- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Sander Steffann
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Sander Steffann
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
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