Hi Mark, > I think it serves a very important purpose, which is why I raised it. > > SRv6 SRH says IPv6 addresses can be assigned to nodes, contrary to RFC 4291. > What is the Interface Identifier portion of the address called in that case, > and where is it specified? > > There needs to be an update to RFC 4291 if IPv6 addresses can now be assigned > to nodes. > > I think that RFC 4291 requires that SRv6 requires implementations configure > the SID prefix on a virtual or physical interface, rather than leaving it to > be an implementation choice. > > It also means there is then no need for a special case SR FIB lookup > algorithm, as described in SRH ID 4.3, as the existing, general purpose and > all cases IPv6 FIB lookup will work without modification.
Sounds like decent engineering decisions befitting the E in IETF to me! Cheers, Sander _______________________________________________ spring mailing list spring@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/spring
