Re: Seeking clarifying information on RFC 4291 and link-local address format ...

2006-07-12 Thread Brian Haberman
Hi John, The specification reserves FE80::/10 for any link-local address format. The only currently used instantiation is the FE80::/64 prefix. In other words, a new RFC could define alternative formats for the internal 54 bits underneath the FE80::/10 prefix. Regards, Brian On Jul

Re: Forward: Re: Last Call: 'IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration' to Experimental RFC (draft-jeong-dnsop-ipv6-dns-discovery)

2006-07-12 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:18:06 -0700, Bob Hinden [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So, + I'd first like to confirm whether my understanding about the 'design principle' is correct. If it's wrong, then I'm fine and this concern will be resolved. I don't remember any ND design principals like this,

Re: Last Call: 'IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration' to Experimental RFC (draft-jeong-dnsop-ipv6-dns-discovery)

2006-07-12 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
On 30 Jun 2006 09:36:59 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I agree with you at the security issue related to S flag for the open RDNSS service. So I would like to add the following text to the next version of my draft: (snip) 7. Security Considerations ... When the RDNSSes are

FWD: draft-narten-ipv6-3177bis-48boundary-02.txt

2006-07-12 Thread Thomas Narten
--- Forwarded Message From: Thomas Narten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: v6ops@ops.ietf.org Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:26:27 -0400 Subject: draft-narten-ipv6-3177bis-48boundary-02.txt FYI, draft-narten-ipv6-3177bis-48boundary-02.txt was submitted just prior to the ID cutoff, and the authors believe it

Re: draft-narten-ipv6-3177bis-48boundary-02.txt

2006-07-12 Thread JORDI PALET MARTINEZ
Hi all, I've reviewed this document and my comments are as follows. 1. Introduction giving out an excessive. I think we need to define excessive and/or say if this is an objective or subjective perception. A general comment/opinion. I don't think this document should be published as is, because

Re: interface ID from human name how to?

2006-07-12 Thread Pars Mutaf
On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 09:16 -0400, Brian Haberman wrote: Hi Pars, One issue I see with this is string internationalization. Defining the format of a name is not trivial given the current work to internationalize names, strings, etc. to support languages that do not use a

Re: Forward: Re: Last Call: 'IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration' to Experimental RFC (draft-jeong-dnsop-ipv6-dns-discovery)

2006-07-12 Thread Bob Hinden
Tatuya, Hmm...I cannot find background information about the design principle on the net, either. It may be just an misunderstanding of mine, in which case, yes, the above concern is resolved (I might then propose a DHCPv6 server address RA option:-). Feel free :-) But then I have a

Re: draft-narten-ipv6-3177bis-48boundary-02.txt

2006-07-12 Thread Dan Lanciani
JORDI PALET MARTINEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |I've reviewed this document and my comments are as follows. | |1. Introduction |giving out an excessive. I think we need to define excessive and/or say if |this is an objective or subjective perception. | |A general comment/opinion. I don't think

Re: interface ID from human name how to?

2006-07-12 Thread Brian Haberman
Hi Pars, One issue I see with this is string internationalization. Defining the format of a name is not trivial given the current work to internationalize names, strings, etc. to support languages that do not use a Latin-based alphabet. For example, how would one format a name in a

Re: draft-narten-ipv6-3177bis-48boundary-02.txt

2006-07-12 Thread Mark Smith
Hi, Following on from Jordi's comment, In addition, as an end user, it provides a recommendation to ISPs to provide a reduced service in terms of the number of subnets, instead of the actual /48 recommendations (with a clear example for /56), which I think is very bad, especially when it is