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Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC5952 (4986)

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 04 April 2017 13:58 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Editorial Errata Reported] RFC5952 (4986)
To: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>, Tim Chown <Tim.Chown@jisc.ac.uk>, Jan Zorz - Go6 <jan@go6.si>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 04/04/2017 11:05, Fernando Gont wrote:
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> FWIW, while (recently) reading RFC5952, the section you referred to
> somehow came as a "surprise" to me.
> 
> I guess that if rfc4291bis is still pursued, this should be incorporated
> into it such the the bis RFC does not contradict with RFC5952?

No, I don't think so. 4291(bis) defines what is valid. 5952 defines
the canonical representation. Different animals.

1:2:3:4:5:6::B8 is valid.
1:2:3:4:5:6::b8 is valid.
1:2:3:4:5:6:0:B8 is valid
1:2:3:4:5:0006:0:B8 is valid
1:2:3:4:5:6:0:b8 is valid and canonical.

   Brian

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