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Re: IPv6 address assignment for strictly point-to-point links and Device Loopbacks

Usman Latif <osmankh@yahoo.com> Thu, 27 September 2012 17:38 UTC

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From: Usman Latif <osmankh@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: IPv6 address assignment for strictly point-to-point links and Device Loopbacks
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 03:38:00 +1000
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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I'll conclude on the following points:

i. The only guidance that's out there today for device loopbacks (whether informational or standards track) is 5375 -because 6164 (whether voluntarily or involuntarily) chose not to provide any considerations for /128 loopbacks

ii. A reader following considerations of /128 from 5375 is led to also consider B.2.4  B.2.6 and B.2.7 for any prefixes where the subnet length is longer than /64

iii. If 6164 overrides any previous RFCs, IMO it should provide some reasoning of why it no longer felt that the sections B.2.4. B.2.6 and B.2.7 of 5375 should be considered



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On 27/09/2012, at 11:12 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:

> Usman,
> 
> On 27/09/2012 12:43, Usman Latif wrote:
>> Hi Joel,
>> 
>> RFC 6164 overriding 3627 seems logical
>> However, I am looking more from perspective of 5375
> 
> RFC 5375 is an Informational document. You are at liberty to read it or not,
> and to make use of it or not.
> 
> RFC 6164 is a Standards track document. It is of course a voluntary standard
> like all IETF standards, but if you claim to implement it, it clearly preempts
> an older Informational document such as RFC 5375.
> 
> As SM reminded us, it was probably a mistake that RFC 6164 didn't formally
> update RFC 5375, but so what? There are many minor inconsistencies between
> RFCs. Please don't lose any sleep over it. As long as you aren't accidentally
> running SLAAC on a pt2pt link, none of this matters, as far as I can see.
> 
>  Brian
> 
> P.S. I am now adding this thread to my "ietf-silly-subj" filter.

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