Re: IID length text
Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 17 January 2017 02:33 UTC
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Subject: Re: IID length text
To: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 17/01/2017 14:44, Lorenzo Colitti wrote: > But your text does change this arbitrary choice, by removing it. Huh? It replaces the lower case required by "that length is 64 bits" and states that it *might* be changed in the future. And yes, if that makes designers a bit leery about embedding the constant 64 deep in their implementations, that is entirely intentional. Brian > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Brian E Carpenter < > brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nobody is saying we should change it in the foreseeable future. >> As for the unforeseeable future, I don't know ;-) >> >> Brian >> >> On 17/01/2017 14:10, Lorenzo Colitti wrote: >>> Yep. It's an arbitrary choice, just like the choice to make IPv6 >> addresses >>> 128 bits long, or the choice to make the header 40 bytes long. That >> doesn't >>> mean we should change it. >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Brian E Carpenter < >>> brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 17/01/2017 09:42, Behcet Sarikaya wrote: >>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Alexandre Petrescu >>>>> <alexandru.petrescu@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Le 14/01/2017 à 20:49, Brian E Carpenter a écrit : >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A modest suggestion: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OLD >>>>>>> For all unicast addresses, except those that start with the binary >>>>>>> value 000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long. >>>> Background >>>>>>> on the 64 bit boundary in IPv6 addresses can be found in >> [RFC7421]. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> NEW >>>>>>> IPv6 routing is based on prefixes of any valid length up to 128 >>>>>>> [BCP198]. >>>>>>> For example, [RFC6164] standardises 127 bit prefixes on >>>> point-to-point >>>>>>> links. However, consistent use of Stateless Address >>>> Autoconfiguration >>>>>>> (SLAAC)[RFC4862] requires that all interfaces on a link use the >> same >>>>>>> length >>>>>>> of Interface ID. In practice, this means that to guarantee >>>>>>> interoperability >>>>>>> of SLAAC, a fixed length of Interface ID is necessary. For all >>>>>>> currently >>>>>>> allocated unicast addresses, except those that start with the >> binary >>>>>>> value 000, that length is 64 bits. Note that this value is an >>>> arbitrary >>>>>>> choice and might be changed for some future allocation of unicast >>>>>>> address >>>>>>> space. Background on the 64 bit boundary in IPv6 addresses can be >>>> found >>>>>>> in [RFC7421]. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree with the change suggestion. The new text and references are >>>> enough >>>>>> motivation to clarify that that 64bit limit is an arbitrary choice and >>>> might >>>>>> change in the future. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 3GPP assigns 64 bit prefixes to each UE. >>>>> Extended Unique Identifiers defined are EUI-48 and EUI-64. >>>>> I don't think 64 bit limit is that arbitrary? >>>> >>>> It's a parameter, which we happened to set initially to 48 >>>> and then changed to 64 because of FireWire. I don't know >>>> why 3GPP chose the same value. But indeed we (the IETF) chose >>>> it because of our now old-fashioned decision to copy Novell >>>> Netware by embedding layer 2 addresses in layer 3. A bad >>>> choice, as it turned out. >>>> >>>> The first two definitions of "arbitrary" in Merriam-Webster seem >>>> to fit, especially the second. >>>> >>>> "existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance >>>> or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will" >>>> "based on or determined by individual preference or convenience >>>> rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something" >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Brian >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Behcet >>>>> >>>>>> Alex >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Brian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >>>>>>> ipv6@ietf.org >>>>>>> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >>>>>> ipv6@ietf.org >>>>>> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >>>> ipv6@ietf.org >>>> Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>> >> >> >
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