Re: [v6ops] Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Mon, 13 November 2017 02:14 UTC

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From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 11:14:13 +0900
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Subject: Re: [v6ops] Stateful SLAAC (draft-ietf-v6ops-unique-ipv6-prefix-per-host)
To: Joe Touch <touch@strayalpha.com>
Cc: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Ole Troan <otroan@employees.org>, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>, "v6ops@ietf.org WG" <v6ops@ietf.org>, "6man@ietf.org" <6man@ietf.org>
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On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 9:41 AM, Joe Touch <touch@strayalpha.com> wrote:

> FWIW, I would agree with that if this were an issue of WG focus creep.
> AFAICT, the issue appears to go much deeper, which means it's an Area
> boundary issue if it is indeed a protocol extension.
>
> IMO, OPS stays in the lane of suggesting sets of *existing* protocol
> parameters and features, or indicates where MAYs and SHOULDs can be
> relaxed (or not) - all of this remains compliant with the protocol.
> Changes to the protocol should not be considered operational decisions,
> again IMO.
>

Excuse me, but I really cannot fathom why we are saying that this draft
defines a new protocol when it is an explicit goal for all existing
implementations to continue to work. How can this be a new protocol when
all implementations implement this already?