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

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Fri, 24 February 2017 20:18 UTC

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Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@boeing.com>, james woodyatt <jhw@google.com>
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On 02/24/2017 04:48 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> Bert,
> On 25/02/2017 08:10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>> From: ipv6 [mailto:ipv6-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of james woodyatt
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> But this is exactly why RFC 4291-bis has to get this right. The unicast address space 2000::/3 is the only one that should be so constrained. We need to nip this problem in the bud.
> 
> I don't think that specific IANA-delegated prefixes belong in this document.
> And a few weeks ago I suggested limiting the /64 rule to currently delegated
> address space, and was loudly told "No!". What we need to get across
> is the notion that this is a parameter, not a constant, and today's
> setting of the parameter is 64. 

+1

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