[Technical Errata Reported] RFC5453 (5589)

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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5453,
"Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5589

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Brian Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>

Section: 3

Original Text
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   +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+
   |        Interface Identifier Range       |       Description       |
   +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+
   |           0000:0000:0000:0000           |  Subnet-Router Anycast  |
   |                                         |        [RFC4291]        |
   |                                         |                         |
   | FDFF:FFFF:FFFF:FF80-FDFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF | Reserved Subnet Anycast |
   |                                         |    Addresses[RFC2526]   |
   +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+

                       Table 1: Current Assignments

Corrected Text
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   +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+
   |        Interface Identifier Range       |       Description       |
   +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+
   |           0000:0000:0000:0000           |  Subnet-Router Anycast  |
   |                                         |        [RFC4291]        |
   |                                         |                         |
   | FDFF:FFFF:FFFF:FF80-FDFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF | Reserved Subnet Anycast |
   | FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FF80-FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF |    Addresses[RFC2526]   |
   +-----------------------------------------+-------------------------+

                       Table 1: Current Assignments

Notes
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Both these ranges are in fact reserved by Section 2 of RFC2526. Under current recommendations [RFC7217] the FDFF range is no longer recommended for routine use, and the FFFF range is equally likely to occur in a pseudo-random 64-bit IID. Credit to Kerry Lynn for pointing this out.

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RFC5453 (draft-ietf-6man-reserved-iids-03)
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Title               : Reserved IPv6 Interface Identifiers
Publication Date    : February 2009
Author(s)           : S. Krishnan
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : IPv6 Maintenance
Area                : Internet
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG