On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfr...@boeing.com> wrote: > I don’t know why IPv6 becomes more arcane with every new I-D. Why not work > to make it simpler, rather than more complex and confusing, with every new > iteration? >
When you start with simplicity, experience will add complexity. Regards Marshall > > > In this particular case, it is really confusing to change the location of > this new field, 64IX, depending whether it’s ASM or SSM. And I might suggest > to drop the 64IX nibble altogether. Use the remaining bit of the flgs field > instead of the M bit of the 64IX field, and then allow for different > combinations of the flgs bits for future codes? > > > > Bert > > > > From: ipv6-boun...@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of > mohamed.boucad...@orange.com > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 8:50 AM > To: mboned-cha...@ietf.org; ipv6@ietf.org > Cc: Brian Haberman; > draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-for...@tools.ietf.org > Subject: draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format > > > > Dear all, > > > > During the IETF LC for draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format, Brian > suggested to use the remaining flag instead of reserving ff3x:0:8000/33 > (SSM) and ffxx:8000/17 (ASM) blocks. FYI, we have considered that approach > in an early version of the document but it has been abandoned because of > comments we received at that time. We recorded the rationale behind our > design choice in: > > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-01#appendix-A.2. > > > > We are seeking more feedback from 6man and mboned on the following: > > > > (1) Should we maintain the current design choice > > (2) Or adopt the suggestion from Brian? > > > > FWIW, discussion related to this issue can be found here: > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/mboned/current/msg01508.html. > > The latest version of the draft is available at: > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mboned-64-multicast-address-format-01 > > > > Your help is appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > Med > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > IETF IPv6 working group mailing list > ipv6@ietf.org > Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
