Re: typo in RFC2740 about link-local unicast address

Alex Zinin <zinin@PSG.COM> Thu, 20 February 2003 17:34 UTC

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From: Alex Zinin <zinin@PSG.COM>
Subject: Re: typo in RFC2740 about link-local unicast address
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BTW, maybe adding an entry to the RFC errata
(http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata.html) would be
a good idea?

--
Alex

Thursday, February 20, 2003, 7:44:41 AM, Acee Lindem wrote:
> I'll keep track of these updates in case we decide to re-spin
> RFC 2740.

> Thanks,
> Acee

> Manral, Vishwas wrote:
>> Hi Yasu,
>>
>> You are right about "FE80" part of it. Good catch !!!
>>
>> However two small corrections in what you said. The 11th to the 64th bit are
>> all 0's(54 bits in all). Besides even in the latest architecture draft
>> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipngwg-addr-arch-v3-11.txt
>>
>> Link-local unicast is still defined as
>>
>>       Link-local unicast   1111111010           FE80::/10       2.5.6
>>
>> Check section 2.4
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vishwas
>>