Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard
Erik Kline <ek@google.com> Mon, 27 February 2017 03:47 UTC
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From: Erik Kline <ek@google.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:47:16 +0900
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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification) to Internet Standard
To: Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com>
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On 26 February 2017 at 22:05, Fernando Gont <fgont@si6networks.com> wrote: > On 02/26/2017 09:55 AM, Sander Steffann wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> 2.3. Address Type Identification > >> > >> The type of an IPv6 address is identified by the high-order bits of > >> the address, as follows: > >> > >> Address type Binary prefix IPv6 notation Section > >> ------------ ------------- ------------- ------- > >> Unspecified 00...0 (128 bits) ::/128 2.4.2 > >> Loopback 00...1 (128 bits) ::1/128 2.4.3 > >> Multicast 11111111 ff00::/8 2.6 > >> Link-Local unicast 1111111010 fe80::/10 2.4.6 > >> Global Unicast (everything else) > >> > >> > >> I wonder if this table should explicitly call out ULAs, and provide a > >> reference to the corresponding section. > > > > ULAs are not an address type, they are Global Unicast. Adding them here > might confuse people. And if we include ULAs then there is lots more that > we should include as well. So while I understand your question, I think it > would be better not to. > > The "confusing" part is that, while globally unique, their scope is not > really global -- i.e., they are not meant to be globally routable. > > Wasn't there at some point an I-D aiming to clarify what "global" meant? > -- IIRC, authored by Brian et al. > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-carpenter-6man-whats-global
- Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt> (I… The IESG
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- RE: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Manfredi, Albert E
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Stefano Previdi (sprevidi)
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… C. M. Heard
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… 神明達哉
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Suresh Krishnan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Pete Resnick
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Enno Rey
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… otroan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Philip Homburg
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… 神明達哉
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Randy Bush
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Ted Lemon
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Randy Bush
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Scott Bradner
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Suresh Krishnan
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Eric Vyncke (evyncke)
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Leddy, John
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Mark Smith
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Tal Mizrahi
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Mark Smith
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… t.petch
- RE: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… Tal Mizrahi
- RE: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… David Mozes
- Re: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: [EXT] Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460… Mark Smith
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Sander Steffann
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Sander Steffann
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Fernando Gont
- Address types [was: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-r… Brian E Carpenter
- Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc2460bis-08.txt… Erik Kline