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

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Sun, 26 February 2017 19:24 UTC

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Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt
To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Aelexandre,
On 27/02/2017 07:55, Alexandre Petrescu wrote:
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>>> I would not agree if I read "/64 is RECOMMENDED".
>>
>> There I think you are wrong.
> 
> I think I am wrong depending on what tense we use: is it about the
> future or about the past?
> 
> When we say "is RECOMMENDED" and it becomes an RFC then that will
> effectively be recommended during the next 10 years or so, until next
> RFC update.  I fully disagree with this plan.  It will comfort the
> cellular operators to continue assigning a single /64 to one User Terminal.
> 
>> It is the value that today allows portable interoperable host
>> software (on IEEE 802.1 or 802.11 media)
> 
> (for 802.1 and 802.11 media - there is much I can say here - basically
> IPv6 stacks interface to EthernertII headers, no 802.1 nor 802.11, but
> that's another matter; wireshark and RFC2464 show that).
> 
> I would like to add that, in addition to the Ethernet I suppose you want
> to talk about by saying 802.1 and 802.11, the 64 limit is so only if
> SLAAC is there too.
> 
> If one uses only Ethernet (no SLAAC) then the 64 is not set in stone.
> 
> If one uses only SLAAC (no Ethernet) then the 64 is not set in stone.
> 
> If one uses SLAAC-on-Ethernet then 64 is set in stone, and only then.
> 
>  From this, to make a general IPv6 Architecture Architecture that says
> that 64 is RECOMMENDED default there is a long way.

You didn't pay attention to my phrase "portable interoperable host software".

I carry my laptop and my Android phone around quite a lot. I want them
to just work when they find themselves on a new IPv6 network. Given that
we never put in place dynamic parameterisation of the 802.1/802.11 IID
length, that's only possible because the various software writers involved
over the years all implemented /64. End of message.
 
   Brian