Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Sun, 26 February 2017 12:40 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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Folks,

Page 9 of the document says:

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.

(Question came up while looking at a slide I use in an IPv6 course I
teach, in which I use a modified version of this table, which calls out
ULAs).

Thanks,
Fernando




On 02/01/2017 08:49 PM, The IESG wrote:
> 
> The IESG has received a request from the IPv6 Maintenance WG (6man) to
> consider the following document:
> - 'Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification'
>   <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> as Internet Standard
> 
> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
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> Abstract
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> 
>    This document specifies version 6 of the Internet Protocol (IPv6).
>    It obsoletes RFC2460
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> 
> The file can be obtained via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis/
> 
> IESG discussion can be tracked via
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis/ballot/
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> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
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> The document contains these normative downward references.
> See RFC 3967 for additional information: 
>     rfc4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification (Draft Standard - IETF stream)
>     rfc3168: The Addition of Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) to IP (Proposed Standard - IETF stream)
> Note that some of these references may already be listed in the acceptable Downref Registry.
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