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

Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> Fri, 24 February 2017 14:51 UTC

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Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt
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Le 23/02/2017 à 23:50, james woodyatt a écrit :
> On Feb 23, 2017, at 14:37, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
>>
>> If you feel that network interfaces longer than /64 shouldn't be
>> used, then please feel free to add text to this ID which reassigns
>> rfc6164 to historical.  […]
>
> Hmm, since RFC 6164 is a Standards Track document, it’s already
> covered as a legitimate exception under the text I already proposed,
> which seemed mostly well received, except by people who seem to think
> it’s not enough to recognize standard IETF exceptions to the /64
> subnet prefix requirement.
>
> Some participants seem to be promising they will continue objecting
> to the promotion of RFC 4291 to full Standard until the /64 subnet
> prefix length requirement is dropped entirely. I think those
> objections should not block the advancement of this draft.

I agree.  Advancement should be pursued.  But dont drop the objections.

Alex

>> As withering aphorisms seem to be the order of the day, either have
>> your cake or eat your cake.
>
> Shorter james: have some cake.
>
> --james woodyatt <jhw@google.com>
>
>
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