weird RIP prefix: 5f00::/16

Kazu Yamamoto 山本和彦 kazu@is.aist-nara.ac.jp
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 17:21:30 +0900


Hi, 

From: "Alain Durand" <Alain.Durand@imag.fr>
Subject: weird RIP prefix: 5f00::/16
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 19:33:46 +0100

> I'm getting the prefix 5f00::/16 in a RIP announce.
> I do not understand this preffix. Is it a bug somewhere
> or do I miss something?

I'm receiving ::/0 as well as 5f00::/8 from Cisco. I wonder that ::/0
is necesary with the current address assignment.

P.S.

I'm also receiving packets with link-local source addresses from
off-link. Please check out your IPv6 code in case.

Thanks,

--Kazu