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

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Fri, 24 February 2017 03:32 UTC

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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:31:55 +0900
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis prohibiting non-/64 subnets
To: Xing Li <xing@cernet.edu.cn>
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:37 AM, Xing Li <xing@cernet.edu.cn> wrote:

> Except for the few that explain how to use /126 or /127, right?
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> +1, plus exceptions for the IPv4-translatable IPv6 address defined in
> RFC6052. I suggest just provide pointers to those RFCs in rfc4291bis.
>

Yes, seems like those should be documented too. In fact, perhaps a general
exception for IPv6 addresses where the only non-zero bits in the IID are an
IPv4 address?