RFC4861 question - short prefixes in PIOs

["Templin (US), Fred L" <[e-mail]>]

I have an RFC4861 question (several actually) on short prefixes in RA PIOs:



1) If a PIO includes a prefix with length less than 64 (e.g., 2001:db8::/32) and with L=1, does it

mean that 2001:db8::/32 should be added to the interface prefix list?



2) If yes to 1), does it mean that packets forwarded to the interface for any destination covered

by 2001:db8::/32 will trigger Address Resolution instead of forwarding to a default router?



3) If the PIO instead has L=0, does it mean that 2001:db8::/32 is “associated” with the link but

not necessarily “on-link”?



4) If yes to 3), does it mean that 2001:db8::/32 should be added to the IPv6 forwarding table

as a “route-to-interface” with the receiving interface as the next hop?



5) Does A=1 have any meaning for prefixes with length less than 64? Or, must prefixes with

length less than 64 set A=0?



Thanks - Fred