Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt

otroan@employees.org Wed, 01 March 2017 11:04 UTC

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Subject: Re: Objection to draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:04:02 +0100
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> On 1 Mar 2017, at 11:58, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> 
>>>> FWIW I wouldn't oppose an exception for manually-configured addresses on
>>>> routers.
>>> 
>>> But you would oppose it for hosts? Then I don't think we're any
>>> further.
>>> 
>> 
>> Not sure about that. I suppose it also depends on what manual means. If
>> it's literally just operators configuring them manually by editing
>> configuration files that's probably fine, but that's not what you want to
>> do, is it?
> 
> Yes, that is exactly what I want to do. I want to be able to use the
> ifconfig command to set an IPv6 address with a netmask different from
> 64, and to have the corresponding config file entry take effect when
> the box is booted or the service restarted.

And that clearly always have been permitted. E.g. how would you otherwise configure a /128 loopback.
I agree that current text have always been at best ambiguous on this point.

Best regards,
Ole