Re: Draft on Globally Unique IPv6 Local Unicast Addresses

2003-05-30 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Wed, 28 May 2003 22:42:52 +1000 From:George Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Strong admission checks into routing are going to make Joe's numbers | less useful. Huh? My numbers are never going anywhere near anyone's admission

Re: Draft on Globally Unique IPv6 Local Unicast Addresses

2003-05-30 Thread Hans Kruse
I actually see a lot of value in the /56 proposal; I really like the simplicity of creating the /56 from any MAC-48 in the network. It accomplishes the uniqueness property without requiring central registration, and should serve organizations up to considerable size very well. And it readily

RE: Draft on Globally Unique IPv6 Local Unicast Addresses

2003-05-30 Thread Michel Py
> Hans Kruse wrote: > I actually see a lot of value in the /56 proposal I will side with Brian Carpenter on this one: we have RFC3177 and I do not see enough reasons to re-visit it at this time. Michel. IETF IPng Working Group

Re: Draft on Globally Unique IPv6 Local Unicast Addresses

2003-05-30 Thread Benny Amorsen
On fre, 2003-05-30 at 02:45, Hans Kruse wrote: > I actually see a lot of value in the /56 proposal; I really like the > simplicity of creating the /56 from any MAC-48 in the network. It > accomplishes the uniqueness property without requiring central > registration, and should serve organizati

Misusing registries for uniqueness (was Re: Draft on Globally UniqueIPv6 Local Unicast Addresses)

2003-05-30 Thread Greg Daley
Hi Benny, Benny Amorsen wrote: [part snipped] By the way, I am not very fond of the MAC-address method. If we are into misusing other registries, we could turn a phone number into hexadecimal (including the international prefix.) 12 digits can be stored in 40 bit... It's not that dumb an idea, it

Re: Misusing registries for uniqueness (was Re: Draft on Globally Unique IPv6 Local Unicast Addresses)

2003-05-30 Thread Robert Elz
Date:Fri, 30 May 2003 16:01:15 +1000 From:Greg Daley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | It's not that dumb an idea, it reminds me of | base-85 (RFC-1924) IPv6 addressing notation. Which is a joke, not an idea (dumb or otherwise)... | It certa