Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt

Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org> Thu, 23 February 2017 14:47 UTC

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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:47:25 +0100
From: Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org>
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Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt
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On 2017 Feb 23 (Thu) at 23:14:35 +0900 (+0900), Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
:On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org> wrote:
:
:> As an implementation, OpenBSD will never add such a crazy thing.  And
:> you know that many other implementations won't do so either.
:>
:> I strongly oppose this draft.
:>
:
:Bit late to object to that text now I'm afraid.
:
:A good time to object would have been 19 years ago when the text you object
:to became the standard:

So, it's my fault that I wasn't participating 19 years ago?  Really?

If it's too late to object to the text, why did you change it?


:4291bis-07 (currently under discussion):
:
:   IPv6 unicast routing is based on prefixes of any valid length up to
:   128 [BCP198].  For example, [RFC6164] standardises 127 bit prefixes
:   on inter-router point-to-point links.  However, the Interface ID of
:   all unicast addresses, except those that start with the binary value
:   000, is required to be 64 bits long.  The rationale for the 64 bit
:   boundary in IPv6 addresses can be found in [RFC7421]
:
:RFC 4291 (February 2006):
:
:   For all unicast addresses, except those that start with binary value
:   000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long and to be
:   constructed in Modified EUI-64 format.

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