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Network Working Group N. Bourbaki
Internet-Draft The Intertubes
Intended status: Standards Track May 9, 2017
Expires: November 10, 2017
Intended status: Standards Track May 10, 2017
Expires: November 11, 2017
IPv6 is Classless
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time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference
material or to cite them other than as "work in progress."
This Internet-Draft will expire on November 10, 2017.
This Internet-Draft will expire on November 11, 2017.
Copyright Notice
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9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1. Introduction
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Some confusion has been caused by the IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture, [RFC4291], and the proposed changes in
[I-D.hinden-6man-rfc4291bis] with respect to the minimum subnet size.
[I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis] with respect to the minimum subnet size.
Meanwhile, link prefixes of varied lengths, /127, /126, /124, /120,
... /64 have been successfully deployed for many years. Having the
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It is also assumed that the reader understands IPv6 [RFC2460], the IP
Version 6 Addressing Architecture [RFC4291], the proposed changes to
RFC4291 [I-D.hinden-6man-rfc4291bis], and the recent recommendations
for the generation of stable Interface Identifiers [RFC8064].
RFC4291 [I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis] and RFC2464
[I-D.hinden-6man-rfc2464bis], and the recent recommendations for the
generation of stable Interface Identifiers [RFC8064].
An important recent IPv6 development was that, for host computers on
local area networks, the way in which interface identifiers were
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To state it simply, IPv6 unicast subnetting is based on prefixes of
any valid length up to 128 except for links where an Internet
Standard such as, for example, Stateless Address AutoConfiguration
(SLAAC) [RFC4862], or Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router
Links [RFC6164] is in use.
Standard that has nothing to do with routing may impose a particular
length. Examples are Stateless Address AutoConfiguration (SLAAC)
[RFC4862], or Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on Inter-Router Links
[RFC6164].
Nodes must always support routing on any valid network prefix length,
even if SLAAC or other standards are in use, because routing could
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9.2. Informative References
[I-D.hinden-6man-rfc4291bis]
Hinden, B. and S. Deering, "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", draft-hinden-6man-rfc4291bis-06 (work in
progress), October 2015.
[I-D.hinden-6man-rfc2464bis]
Crawford, M. and R. Hinden, "Transmission of IPv6 Packets
over Ethernet Networks", draft-hinden-6man-rfc2464bis-02
(work in progress), March 2017.
[I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis]
Hinden, R. and S. <>, "IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture", draft-ietf-6man-rfc4291bis-07 (work in
progress), January 2017.
[RFC3587] Hinden, R., Deering, S., and E. Nordmark, "IPv6 Global
Unicast Address Format", RFC 3587, August 2003.
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RFC 7721, DOI 10.17487/RFC7721, March 2016,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7721>.
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Author's Address
Nicolas Bourbaki
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<t>Some confusion has been caused by the IP Version 6 Addressing
Architecture, <xref target="RFC4291"/>, and the proposed changes in
<xref target="I-D.hinden-6man-rfc4291bis"/> with respect to the
<xref target="I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis"/> with respect to the
minimum subnet size.</t>
<t>Meanwhile, link prefixes of varied lengths, /127, /126, /124,
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<t>It is also assumed that the reader understands IPv6 <xref
target="RFC2460"/>, the IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture <xref
target="RFC4291"/>, the proposed changes to RFC4291 <xref
target="I-D.hinden-6man-rfc4291bis"/>, and the recent
target="I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis"/> and RFC2464
<xref target="I-D.hinden-6man-rfc2464bis"/>, and the recent
recommendations for the generation of stable Interface Identifiers
<xref target="RFC8064"/>.</t>
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<t>To state it simply, IPv6 unicast subnetting is based on prefixes
of any valid length up to 128 except for links where an Internet
Standard, that has nothing to do with routing, may impose a
particular length. Examples are Stateless Address AutoConfiguration
Standard that has nothing to do with routing may impose a
particular length. Examples are Stateless Address AutoConfiguration
(SLAAC) <xref target="RFC4862"/>, or Using 127-Bit IPv6 Prefixes on
Inter-Router Links <xref target="RFC6164"/>.</t>
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<?rfc include="reference.RFC.7707"?>
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.7136"?>
<?rfc include="reference.RFC.7721"?>
<?rfc include="reference.I-D.hinden-6man-rfc4291bis"?>
<?rfc include="reference.I-D.ietf-6man-rfc4291bis"?>
<?rfc include="reference.I-D.hinden-6man-rfc2464bis"?>
</references>