Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [atn] Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)

Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@gmail.com> Fri, 09 October 2020 23:30 UTC

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From: Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:30:06 +1100
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Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [atn] Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)
To: "Templin (US), Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
Cc: Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf@gmail.com>, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@labs.htt-consult.com>, 6man <ipv6@ietf.org>, "atn@ietf.org" <atn@ietf.org>
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On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 08:35 Templin (US), Fred L, <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
wrote:

> Fred,
>
> > The concept of embedding information in the 54 “must be zero” bits of
> the link local address is enticing, but may not prove
> > interoperable, given the “must be zero” definition of a link local
> address.
>
> Also good input, but given that these link-local addresses are defined and
> intended
> for the exclusive use of a specific IPv6-over-(foo) interface type, only
> interfaces that
> understand the address format will process the addresses and they will
> understand
> the usage of the 54 bits.
>

Link specific versions of link-local addresses don't and won't comply with
RFC4291 and all of its ancestors, because there is nothing that says the
format of the link local address can be defined by link specific documents.
These zero bits have always been zeros.

Why the effort to shoehorn new functionality into existing and long defined
IPv6 address spaces?

Follow the ULA verses site-local example - if new functionality is
considered different enough to justify updating existing, decades old and
very widely deployed address formats, then I'd think the threshold of
asking for new IPv6 address space for this functionality is passed. We have
about 7/8ths of the IPv6 address space not defined for any purpose (it'd be
a different story for new functionality in IPv4 addressing).

With new address space there is no need to both update and be constrained
within old address space definitions, and there is much less if any
compatibility considerations and concerns with existing deployments.

You could call your new address space OMNI Link-Local Addresses.

Regards,
Mark.



> Thanks - Fred
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