Re: Documentation prefix notation for a /56

David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu> Mon, 30 October 2017 13:57 UTC

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From: David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 08:57:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: Documentation prefix notation for a /56
To: Alexandre Petrescu <alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Alexandre Petrescu <
alexandre.petrescu@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What documentation prefix notation should I use when writing about a /56
> prefix in an Internet Draft?
>
> Currently I use 2001:db8:XYZU:TWQR::/56, but it seems too long.
>
> Could I use 2001:db8:XYZU:TW::/56?  It does not seem correct to me.
>
2001:db8:XYZU:TW00::/56 would be the normal way to denote such a prefix.

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