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RE: [moonv6] /120 prefix length at UNH
From: Bound, Jim (jim.bound@hp.com)
Date: 10/15/03
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moonv6 post from "Bound, Jim" <jim.bound@hp.com>
Folks,
I would like to make something clear as we have this discussion.
This is not an IETF issue other than IETF can help with interpretation of the standard though I await Alain's response as I see no spec issue here at all per his mail with /120.
But the IETF has NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT MOONV6 DEPLOYMENT OR OPERATIONS. NOTHING AT ALL. They are a standards body we are an implementation deployment body.
Thanks
/jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alain Durand [mailto:Alain.Durand@Sun.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:51 PM
> To: moonv6@iol.unh.edu
> Subject: [moonv6] /120 prefix length at UNH
>
>
> moonv6 post from Alain Durand <Alain.Durand@Sun.COM>
> From what our engineer reported from UNH tests,
> the plan on record is to use /120 prefixes for
> the backbone links at UNH.
>
> This would be a violation of RFC 3513, section 2.5.1.
>
> I'm concerned that if this network setup gets published,
> it would set up a dangerous precedent.
>
> - Alain.
>
>
> 2.5.1 Interface Identifiers
>
> Interface identifiers in IPv6 unicast addresses are used
> to identify
> interfaces on a link. They are required to be unique
> within a subnet
> prefix. It is recommended that the same interface
> identifier not be
> assigned to different nodes on a link. They may also be
> unique over
> a broader scope. In some cases an interface's identifier will be
> derived directly from that interface's link-layer
> address. The same
> interface identifier may be used on multiple interfaces
> on a single
> node, as long as they are attached to different subnets.
>
> Note that the uniqueness of interface identifiers is
> independent of
> the uniqueness of IPv6 addresses. For example, a global unicast
> address may be created with a non-global scope interface
> identifier
> and a site-local address may be created with a global
> scope interface
> identifier.
>
> For all unicast addresses, except those that start with
> binary value
> 000, Interface IDs are required to be 64 bits long and to be
> constructed in Modified EUI-64 format.
>
>
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