Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-03.txt
Stig Venaas <stig@venaas.com> Wed, 15 August 2012 01:32 UTC
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Subject: Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-03.txt
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On 14.08.2012 14:47, Brian Haberman wrote: > Why does T need to be 1? First of all, the idea is that it should work for SSM, Embedded-RP and Prefix-based addresses. All of which have T=1. Also, it's not exactly like each address is allocated by IANA for a specific purpose. I think it is correct to think of these addresses as transient by nature. Stig > Brian > > On 8/14/12 5:43 PM, Lee, Yiu wrote: >> Hi Stig, >> >> Since we want T=1, this will not meet the "well-known" requirement >> defined >> in RFC4291. If we don't want to define a flag, what is the proper way to >> describe ffxx:8000::/20 and ffxx:0:8000::/96? >> >> Thanks, >> Yiu >> >> >> On 8/13/12 7:18 PM, "Stig Venaas" <stig@venaas.com> wrote: >> >>> On 13.08.2012 14:46, Brian Haberman wrote: >>>> On 8/13/12 4:21 PM, Behcet Sarikaya wrote: >>>>> Hi authors, >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the revised draft, I find that the revision is in the right >>>>> direction. >>>>> >>>>> I am confused on the prefix lengths: >>>>> on Figure 2, >>>>> ffxx:8000:0:abc::/96 >>>>> while in Section 3.1 >>>>> ffxx:8000::/20 >>>>> >>>> >>>> The x's correspond to the flags and scope fields within the multicast >>>> address. Take a look at: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-multicast-addresses/ipv6-multicast-a >>>> >>>> ddresses.xml#ipv6-multicast-addresses-4 >>> >>> We have one minor issue here though. They cannot simply be IANA >>> allocations, since they would not have the transient bit set. In >>> this case, the idea is that it should work for flag nibble values >>> like 1, 3 and 7. Actually I believe the transient bit should always >>> be set for these groups. >>> >>> Stig >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> How come these are reserved prefixes? >>>>> What are the values that are reserved? >>>>> >>>>> If you look at RFC 6052, the unicast translation specification, >>>>> 64:ff9b::/96 is defined as the Well-Known Prefix. There are no x's in >>>>> the prefix definition. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Behcet >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:49 AM, <internet-drafts@ietf.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts >>>>>> directories. >>>>>> This draft is a work item of the MBONE Deployment Working Group of >>>>>> the IETF. >>>>>> >>>>>> Title : IPv6 Multicast Address With Embedded IPv4 >>>>>> Multicast Address >>>>>> Author(s) : Mohamed Boucadair >>>>>> Jacni Qin >>>>>> Yiu L. Lee >>>>>> Stig Venaas >>>>>> Xing Li >>>>>> Mingwei Xu >>>>>> Filename : >>>>>> draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-03.txt >>>>>> Pages : 13 >>>>>> Date : 2012-08-09 >>>>>> >>>>>> Abstract: >>>>>> This document reserves two IPv6 multicast prefixes to be used in >>>>>> the >>>>>> context of IPv4-IPv6 interconnection. The document specifies an >>>>>> algorithmic translation of an IPv6 multicast address to a >>>>>> corresponding IPv4 multicast address, and vice versa. This >>>>>> algorithmic translation can be used in both IPv4-IPv6 >>>>>> translation >>>>>> or >>>>>> encapsulation schemes. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address >>>>>> >>>>>> -format >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> There's also a htmlized version available at: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-forma >>>>>> >>>>>> t-03 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> A diff from the previous version is available at: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address >>>>>> >>>>>> -format-03 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: >>>>>> ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> MBONED mailing list >>>>>> MBONED@ietf.org >>>>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mboned >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MBONED mailing list >>>>> MBONED@ietf.org >>>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mboned >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MBONED mailing list >>>> MBONED@ietf.org >>>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mboned >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MBONED mailing list >>> MBONED@ietf.org >>> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mboned
- [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-f… Behcet Sarikaya
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Brian Haberman
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Stig Venaas
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… mohamed.boucadair
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Behcet Sarikaya
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Lee, Yiu
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Lee, Yiu
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Brian Haberman
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Stig Venaas
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Stig Venaas
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Lee, Yiu
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… mohamed.boucadair
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Tim Chown
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Stig Venaas
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Behcet Sarikaya
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Stig Venaas
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… mohamed.boucadair
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Jacni Qin
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Behcet Sarikaya
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Tim Chown
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Jacni Qin
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Behcet Sarikaya
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Tim Chown
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… Jacni Qin
- Re: [MBONED] draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-addre… mohamed.boucadair