> It seems ok to redefine the specification once the constraint on > IPv4-embeded IPv6 addresses has been removed, just as what we are now doing > on SIIT. (E.g., replacing the IPv4-Compatible IPv6 Address and IPv4-Mapped > IPv6 Address with IPv4-translatable IPv6 address and IPv4-converted IPv6 > address respectively).
Any revision of the IPv6 addressing rules in 6MAN is going to take a long time. Maybe several years. I would rather not wait that long before we publish the addressing format document. Beside, complying with the rule is not that hard. So why bother? -- Christian Huitema -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
