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Re: Updated - Revised and expanded rfc2460bis Security Considerations

Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com> Fri, 21 April 2017 21:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: Updated - Revised and expanded rfc2460bis Security Considerations
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 14:02:49 -0700
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Cc: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>, IPv6 List <ipv6@ietf.org>, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
To: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>
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Fernando,

> On Apr 21, 2017, at 5:09 AM, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, Bob,
> 
> Thanks for sharing the text! Just a minor comment:
> 
> On 04/20/2017 10:21 PM, Bob Hinden wrote:
>> 
>>   IPv6 addresses are significantly larger than IPv4 address making it
>>   much harder to scan the address space across the Internet and even on
>>   a single network link (e.g., Local Area Network).  See [RFC7721] for
>>   more information.
> 
> Here I'd reference RFC7707 rather than RFC7721, since it's RFC7707 that
> discusses this topic in detail.

OK.


> 
> Other than that the text looks great to me.

Thanks, I will submit a new draft today with these security considerations.

Bob


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Best regards,
> --
> Fernando Gont
> SI6 Networks
> e-mail: fgont@si6networks.com
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