three letter acronyms (TLAs) (fwd)

[Alain Durand]

On Aug 19,  4:02pm, bmanning@ISI.EDU wrote:
> Subject: Re: three letter acronyms (TLAs) (fwd)

> > >DIGITAL-CA/US   3FFE:1200::/24
> > >BAY/US          3FFE:1300::/24
> > >UNI-C/DK        3FFE:1400::/24
>
> and Matt Crawford points out that we have too many zeros here for /24s.


>
> So,
> 	IMHO, I'll move CICnet/US to 3FFE:1500::
> 	or	        CICnet/US to 3FFE:0900::
>
> and ask if we are going on /32 bounds or not.
>
>
> Your feedback is appreciated.

On Aug 19,  2:47pm, Matt Crawford wrote:
> Subject: Re: tla delegations
> > 0.0.8.0.e.f.f.3.ip6.int.        129600  NS      orb.isi.edu.
> > 0.0.8.0.e.f.f.3.ip6.int.        129600  NS      NS.isi.edu.
> > 0.0.f.0.e.f.f.3.ip6.int.        129600  NS      avarice.inner.net.
> > 0.0.f.0.e.f.f.3.ip6.int.        129600  NS      buzzcut.ipv6.nrl.navy.mil.
>
> Whoa!  Too many zeros!  These are supposed to be /24's you're delegating.
>
> 					Matt
>-- End of excerpt from Matt Crawford



The pTLA (pseudo TLA) are /24. Their correct representation as prefixes is
for example 3ffe:0300::/24

But when you delegate the reverse for DNS, it should be:

3.0.e.f.f.3.ip6.int.


	- Alain.