Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) to Internet Standard

Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org> Fri, 24 February 2017 14:59 UTC

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Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:59:32 +0100
From: Peter Hessler <phessler@theapt.org>
To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) to Internet Standard
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On 2017 Feb 24 (Fri) at 15:44:55 +0100 (+0100), Alexandre Petrescu wrote:
:Le 23/02/2017 à 19:45, 神明達哉 a écrit :
:>At Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:16:46 +0900, Lorenzo Colitti
:><lorenzo@google.com> wrote:
:>
:>>Help he understand, then. There is widely-deployed code that
:>>assumes that the interface ID is 64 and does not work on anything
:>>other than 64 bit prefix lengths.
:>
:>Out of curiosity: which code is it, and exactly what does its
:>assumption mean?  Does it mean, for example, it allows manual
:>configuration of an address but requires its IID length be 64 bits?
:
:For example - is it normal that when manually adding an address to an
:interface w/o specifying the plen, a /64 'connected' route pops there?
:Why 64?  I dont mind the route, but I mind the 64.
:
:Alex

That is an implementation detail.  And, even though I strongly object to
*forcing* it to be /64, I am perfectly happy with a default of /64.  As
stated, there are many advantages to that subnet size.

If you don't choose one, then the implementation will choose one for
you.

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