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

Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> Thu, 15 October 2020 10:48 UTC

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Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Embedding IP information in an IPv6 address (OMNI)
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Le 15/10/2020 à 11:51, Philip Homburg a écrit :
>> We really do want to define the link-local address format for OMNI interfaces.
>> Too many things depend on every IPv6 interface configuring a unique link-local
>> address. The address format and the means by which it is assured unique is wha
>> t
>> we want to specify for OMNI in an "IPv6-over-foo"-specifc document.
> 
> A few thoughts:
[...]
> 4) However, the main thing standing in the way of using all 118 bits allowed by
>     the fe80::/10 prefix seems to be the *BSD hack of putting an interface
>     number in the zero bits of a link local address. I think that the BSD
>     communities should remove this hack, and we should not effectively let
>     them squat those bits.

I think 4) is the best way forward.

To pursue that path, maybe a draft is necessary that states 'BSD hack is 
harmful to LL addresses'.  Then an implementation might accompany it.

> 5) I don't see any argument why the MNP should be longer than 64 bits. So
>     point 3 seems the best way to go forward.

I think there are valid arguments for the MNPs (Mobil eNetwork Prefixes) 
to be longer than 64bits.  Some relate to the way cellular networks work.

Alex

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