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Re: 6man w.g. last call for <draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-11.txt>

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Sun, 22 May 2016 01:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: 6man w.g. last call for <draft-ietf-6man-default-iids-11.txt>
To: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>, Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
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From: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>
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On 05/19/2016 10:18 PM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> On 20/05/2016 12:48, Lorenzo Colitti wrote:
> ...
>> Let's all always keep in mind that the current text of the draft says that
>> on every network, hosts SHOULD configure an IPv6 address that never changes
>> until the end of time. I think that recommendation is irresponsible.
> 
> Thus, I'm continuing to run my laptop with only an RFC4941 address for a few
> days to see whether it has any negative impact at all. So far, so good.

This is a key test: Open a bunch of ssh sessions, and check if they
break overnight.

RFC4941 would make them break. That's an interoperability problem that,
in the general case, you don't want to have, I think.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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