Re: slaac-renum: New rev of draft-gont-6man-slaac-renum (Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-gont-6man-slaac-renum-08.txt)

Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> Mon, 25 May 2020 02:00 UTC

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Subject: Re: slaac-renum: New rev of draft-gont-6man-slaac-renum (Fwd: New Version Notification for draft-gont-6man-slaac-renum-08.txt)
To: Philip Homburg <pch-ipv6-ietf-6@u-1.phicoh.com>, ipv6@ietf.org
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On 22/5/20 12:23, Philip Homburg wrote:
[...]
> 
>> Yes. If there was a 4th type of address (we already have three, counting
>> link-local), every router in the universe would need a fix.
> 
> This is a about hosts, not routers. I think it is bad to hardcode this
> kind of knowledge in all hosts. That may come back to bite us.

When it comes to draft-gont-6man-slaac-renum, one may always make the 
distinction indirectly. e.g., rather than hardcode ULA/non-ULA in the 
document, specify the handling for "each address type", and indirectly 
specify the "address types" as concerned by this document.

Thanks,
-- 
Fernando Gont
SI6 Networks
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