Hello, > Le 28 juin 2015 à 10:58, Gert Doering <g...@space.net> a écrit : > > Hi, > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 11:48:43PM +0200, Pierre Pfister wrote: >> Relaxing the « administrator » may be confusing, as Brian said. >> So I guess the MUST could become a SHOULD, which imply it requires >> implementers to fully understand the drawbacks >> of using non-64 prefix lengths. For instance, /127 could be automatically >> used (no need for administrator) if a link >> is auto-detected as point-to-point. > > A MUST is perfectly right here. You can't have implementation A decide > "let's use a /64 here" while implementation B goes for "/127"…
You actually can have implementations with different prefix length. This is handled by the prefix assignment algorithm. You may have multiple routers with multiple prefix lengths, but one single prefix is ultimately chosen and used by all routers connected to the link. - Pierre > > The sentence is also clearly allowing alternatives: if I tell my router > "hey, I want to use /127s on point-to-point links", this is "unless > configured > otherwise by an administrator", so the MUST is not getting in the way then. > > Gert Doering > -- NetMaster > -- > have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? > > SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard > Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann > D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) > Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279 > > _______________________________________________ > homenet mailing list > homenet@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list homenet@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
