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

Christopher Morrow <christopher.morrow@gmail.com> Fri, 24 February 2017 19:55 UTC

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From: Christopher Morrow <christopher.morrow@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 14:55:19 -0500
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Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt
To: David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu>
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 2:51 PM, David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Christopher Morrow <
> christopher.morrow@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> sorry, a clarification request below.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 1:42 PM, David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:11 PM, james woodyatt <jhw@google.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Feb 24, 2017, at 03:11, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Let me be more specific then: are you proposing that vendors write code
>>>> to allow or disallow interface subnets which aren't /64 (or /127)? This
>>>> is a binary choice; a vendor needs to choose one way or another.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don’t know how I can be more clear about this: I insist that general
>>>> purpose host operating system developers should be expressly permitted to
>>>> write code that declines to accept subnet prefixes of any length other than
>>>> /64 on the grounds that these are not used in general IPv6 networking and
>>>> the successor to RFC 4291 continues to say so.
>>>>
>>>> I know there are operating systems with billions of units in the field
>>>> today that do exactly this because RFC 4291 and its predecessors have for
>>>> years given them clear license to do so, and I don’t want to see the
>>>> publication of I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis as RFC come to remove this license
>>>> as a side effect of promoting IPv6 to full Standard category.
>>>>
>>>> You want to remove that license? I suppose we can continue discussing
>>>> that, but I think you should try to do it in a separate draft once IPv6 is
>>>> officially promoted.
>>>>
>>>> --james woodyatt <jhw@google.com>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would not want to make code that does /64 only out of compliance with
>>> the spec, especially for SLAAC.  I would like to discourage that stance,
>>> maybe for DHCP, but for sure for manual configuration if that mode is
>>> provided.  But, I don't see /64 only as a invalid stance for an host OS to
>>> take.  But neither do I want the spec to disallow non-/64 for DHCP, manual
>>> configuration, or potential new modes of configuration if we ever get
>>> there.  I think SLAAC should to remain /64 only. I think DHCP and manual
>>> configuration should be encourage to support non-/64 options, but even they
>>> should allow /64 only.
>>>
>>>
>> please restate your last sentence... I think you missed a word or three?
>>
>
> It's still ok for a host OSes to do /64 only with DHCP and manual config,
> not preferred.  I'd prefer host OSes support non-/64 as well for DHCP and
> manual config, but not mandatory.  Only /64 should be REQUIRED of anyone,
> host, router, or what ever.  Non-/64 should be OPTIONAL for everyone.
>
> Is that clearer?
>
>
clearer, but not what I was expecting...

OPTIONAL means 'will not happen without customer loud voices' (generally).
I'm worried that OPTIONAL is going to cause problems :(


> thanks
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