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[mpls] Available IP version numbers.

Loa Andersson <loa.pi.nu@gmail.com> Sat, 17 April 2021 08:13 UTC

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Subject: [mpls] Available IP version numbers.
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DT,

We had a discussion on how many IP version numbers are available. 

It should be remembered that in IANA “Reserved” really means “Reserved, do not assign”. 

0,1,5,7,8,9 and 15 are reserved. 
2,3,10,11,12,13 and 14 are unassigned
4 and 6 are assigned 

To make the reserved requires a standard track RFC. 

So we 7 IP version numbers available, that is a sufficient low number to make me nervous, if I owned the registry. 

I would nit count on having more IP version numbers assigned to “us”, especially since we already have an agreement (PWE3), accepting to get two numbers and committing to not use more. 

/Loa

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