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Re: [v6ops] WGLC: draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv6-discard-prefix-00

Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie> Fri, 28 October 2011 20:28 UTC

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On 19/10/2011 17:22, Joel jaeggli wrote:
> On 10/12/11 11:03 , Warren Kumari wrote:
>> Must admit that I'm a little sad that we are not requesting something
>> with a cute nemonic like BADC0FFEE or DEADBEEF, but…
> 
> that's a discussion one has with IANA, but you don't assign it in the
> document.

As an adjunct to the current jaw-droppingly bizarre discussion on
ietf@ietf.org about smartypants names, I am now convinced that it is not
just desirable to suggest a cute mnemonic for this prefix, but necessary.

Nick

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