Le 7 sept. 05 à 13:17, Brian Haberman a écrit : > > On Sep 7, 2005, at 2:38, Ebalard, Arnaud wrote: > > >> >> Le 7 sept. 05 à 02:22, Bob Hinden a écrit : >> >> Bob, >> >> >>> Section 2.4 defines the prefix (i.e., FE80::/10) that identifies >>> the address as link-local addresses type and Section 2.5.6 defines >>> the exact format (i.e., prefix, zeros, IID) of Link-Local >>> addresses. >>> >> >> Yes, that's exactly the point! Section 2.5.6 is more restrictive than >> section 2.4. Leading to my question : is link-local fe80::/10 or only >> fe80::/64 ? >> >> Please, reconsider the example : >> >> - fe80:aaaa:aaaa:aaaa::1 IS link-local if I follow section 2.4. >> - fe80:aaaa:aaaa:aaaa::1 IS NOT Link-local if I consider 2.5.6. >> >> > > Section 2.4 reserves the FE80::/10 prefix for link-local addresses, > but > does not define their structure. Rather it points to Section 2.5.6 > for > the > exact structure of the link-local address *as currently defined*. The > larger /10 allocation will allow future specifications to define new > link-local formats if needed.
Fine. This is the answer I was looking for. I stop bothering you. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
