Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) to Internet Standard

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Subject: Re: Last Call: <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) to Internet Standard
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 20:06:18 +0100
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Brian,

> At an earlier stage I suggested restricting the applicability
> of the "However..." sentence to SLAAC [RFC4862]. A short way
> of doing this would be
> 
> However, the Interface ID of unicast addresses used for
> Stateless Address Autoconfiguration [RFC4862] is required
> to be 64 bits long.

Brian, changing the 64 bit boundary is such a big change that I would claim it is far outside the scope of advancing 4291 to Internet standard.

See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7421 (which you by the way are the author of), for the set of documents that would have to change.
There are unknown interoperability issues here as well. As well as architectural considerations that probably should have IAB involvement.

Best regards,
Ole



> On 14/02/2017 11:32, David Farmer wrote:
>> I have concerns with the following text;
>> 
>>   IPv6 unicast routing is based on prefixes of any valid length up to
>>   128 [BCP198].  For example, [RFC6164] standardises 127 bit prefixes
>>   on inter-router point-to-point links. However, the Interface ID of
>>   all unicast addresses, except those that start with the binary value
>>   000, is required to be 64 bits long.  The rationale for the 64 bit
>>   boundary in IPv6 addresses can be found in [RFC7421]
>> 
>> The third sentence seems to limit exceptions to 64 bit IIDs to exclusively
>> addresses that start with binary vale of 000.  There are at least two other
>> exceptions from standards track RFCs, that should be more clear accounted
>> for in this text.  First is [RFC6164] point-to-point links, as mentioned in
>> the previous sentence.  I think the clear intent of [RFC6164] is to allow
>> one(1) Bit IIDs for point to point-to-point links using any Global Unicast
>> Address, not just those that start with 000.  Second is, [RFC6052], which
>> updates [RFC4921] and seems to allow 32 bit IIDs or /96 prefixes for any
>> Global Unicast Address when used for IPv4/IPv6 translation, referred to as
>> ""Network-Specific Prefix" unique to the organization deploying the address
>> translators," in section 2.2 of [RFC6052].
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:51 PM, The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> The IESG has received a request from the IPv6 Maintenance WG (6man) to
>>> consider the following document:
>>> - 'IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture'
>>>  <draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07.txt> as Internet Standard
>>> 
>>> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits
>>> final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the
>>> ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2017-03-01. Exceptionally, comments may be
>>> sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the
>>> beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting.
>>> 
>>> Abstract
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   This specification defines the addressing architecture of the IP
>>>   Version 6 (IPv6) protocol.  The document includes the IPv6 addressing
>>>   model, text representations of IPv6 addresses, definition of IPv6
>>>   unicast addresses, anycast addresses, and multicast addresses, and an
>>>   IPv6 node's required addresses.
>>> 
>>>   This document obsoletes RFC 4291, "IP Version 6 Addressing
>>>   Architecture".
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The file can be obtained via
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis/
>>> 
>>> IESG discussion can be tracked via
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis/ballot/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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