Re: Virtualization And IPv6 : Part Of IPv6 Address For Virtual Hosts

2007-09-25 Thread Mark Smith
Isn't virtualisation fundamentally about making one machine appear to be many, at least to exernal devices and systems? Other than the management and troubleshooting of the virtual environment itself, I'm struggling to see that many applications of exposing the "truth" via structured node addressin

Re: Virtualization And IPv6 : Part Of IPv6 Address For Virtual Hosts

2007-09-25 Thread Brian E Carpenter
I don't see why you would need to do that. If a subnet prefix is a /64, that leaves 64 bits for virtual hosts on that subnet, each of which could participate in neighbour discovery. Why do you need structure in the interface ID? (Of course, you could certainly choose to number the virtual hosts co

Virtualization And IPv6 : Part Of IPv6 Address For Virtual Hosts

2007-09-25 Thread Arul Kumar Chellappan
Dear All, With virtualization gaining momentum, would there be an option in IPv6 where it has a mechanism to address a virtual host from the real world. Like the 128bit IPv6 address having [Network Prefix][Host ID][Virtual host ID]. For the backward compatibility, the host part could be subdivid

WG Action: Conclusion of IP Version 6 (ipv6)

2007-09-25 Thread IESG Secretary
The IP Version 6 Working Group (ipv6) in the Internet Area has concluded. The IESG contact persons are Jari Arkko and Mark Townsley. +++ A new Working Group, 6MAN, has been created to deal with maintenance issues arising in IPv6 specifications. The IPv6 WG is closed. This is an important milesto

FW: RFC 5006 on IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration

2007-09-25 Thread Jaehoon Paul Jeong
Hi IPv6 WG folks, Let me announce a new RFC on IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration (i.e., RDNSS Option). Our authors hope that this new option will be useful in IPv6 networks. I thank the contributors in Acknowledgement section and other people in our IPv6 WG for their g

WG Action: IPv6 Maintenance (6man)

2007-09-25 Thread IESG Secretary
A new IETF working group has been formed in the Internet Area. For additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the WG Chairs. +++ IPv6 Maintenance (6man) == Current Status: Active Working Group Chair(s): Robert Hinden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian Haberma

route adv. for IPv6 in open source routing systems.

2007-09-25 Thread dhawal sharma
hi i recently saw a thread on DHCPv6 and route advertisement, there is discussion to enable it with a router in network but same can be done with open system routing daemon like zebra quagga on any BSD OS (thats the case with Anjali madam i guess) you can enable route advertisement (

Re: What's 16 bits between friends?

2007-09-25 Thread JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉
Aside from the need for the "more flexible" interface identifiers (which I personally don't see yet), I'd like to clarify one minor point. At Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:13:49 -0400, Brian Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we agree in principal on the objective. Where we don't agree on, > is