Re: Updated IID length text

Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Fri, 20 January 2017 02:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: Updated IID length text
To: David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu>
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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On 20/01/2017 14:47, David Farmer wrote:
> I liked the following in the previous version;
> 
>    Note that this value is an arbitrary choice and might be changed for
>    some future allocation of unicast address space.
> 
> What was the issue with it?

I've lost track of who said what, but there was a lot of griping
at the word 'arbitrary' and FUD about the 'might be changed.'
Lif is compromise...

    Brian

> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Brian E Carpenter <
> brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> OK, after all that discussion, here is a revised proposal. There is
>> nothing new here at all, IMHO; just clarification:
>>
>> OLD
>>    For all unicast addresses, except those that start with the binary
>>    value 000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long.  Background
>>    on the 64 bit boundary in IPv6 addresses can be found in [RFC7421].
>>
>> NEW
>>    IPv6 routing is based on prefixes of any valid length up to 128
>> [BCP198].
>>    For example, [RFC6164] standardises 127 bit prefixes on point-to-point
>>    links. However, consistent use of Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
>>    (SLAAC)[RFC4862] requires that all interfaces on a link use the same
>> length
>>    of Interface ID. To guarantee interoperability of SLAAC, a fixed length
>> of
>>    Interface ID is necessary. For all currently allocated unicast
>> addresses,
>>    except those that start with the binary value 000, Interface IDs are
>>    required to be 64 bits long.  Background on the 64 bit boundary in IPv6
>>    addresses can be found in [RFC7421].
>>
>> Regards
>>    Brian
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