three letter acronyms (TLAs) (fwd)
Alain Durand
Alain.Durand@imag.fr
Wed, 20 Aug 1997 09:16:08 +0200
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.