[6bone] Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "A Flexible Method for Managing the Assignment of Bytes of an IPv6 Address Block" (fwd)

[Marc Blanchet]

Hi,
 I'm cross posting this email to the 6bone list, since I received over time
many emails and questions about the draft from people using it. However, I
haven't kept those emails nor I don't know who is using it. 
 the 6bone list is my best method to try to reach some of the people.
 could anyone who used, is using, are planning to use it send me an email
so I can collect the people that are using it. Moreover, if you have
anything to say about the publication of this draft as RFC, please feel
free to send email to ipng mailing list.

Thanks,

Marc.

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Date: vendredi, février 21, 2003 10:43:12 -0500
From: Margaret Wasserman <mrw@windriver.com>
To: ipng@sunroof.eng.sun.com
CC: 
Subject: Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "A Flexible Method for Managing the
Assignment of Bytes of an IPv6 Address Block"


Hi All,

During the last call period for "A Flexible Method for
Managing the Assignment of Bytes of an IPv6 Address
Block", there was only one comment (attached).  The
comment did not raise any specific technical issues with
the document, but it did question its usefulness.

As I am sure many of you know, documents should only be
forwarded to the IESG for approval when there is a consensus
of the WG that the document is both technically sound and
useful.  One ambivalent comment is not sufficient input to
demonstrate WG consensus for publishing this document.

So, if there are people in the WG who do believe that this
document is both technically sound and useful and should be
sent to the IESG for publication as an Informational RFC,
could you please speak up?

You can find the latest version of the document at:

http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ipv6-ipaddressassign-06.txt

Thanks,
Margaret



> To: Bob Hinden & Margaret Wasserman <hinden@iprg.nokia.com>
> cc: ipng@sunroof.eng.sun.com
> Subject: Re: IPv6 w.g. Last Call on "A Flexible Method for Managing the
>  Assignment of Bytes of an IPv6 Address Block"
> 
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Bob Hinden & Margaret Wasserman wrote:
> > This is a IPv6 working group last call for comments on advancing the
> > following document as an Informational RFC:
> > 
> >       Title           : A Flexible Method for Managing the Assignment of
> >                           Bits of an IPv6 Address Block
> >       Author(s)       : M. Blanchet
> >       Filename        : draft-ietf-ipv6-ipaddressassign-06.txt
> >       Pages           : 8
> >       Date            : 2003-1-6
> 
> 
> I don't have problems with this, though I'm not sure how useful this is
> for most (but for some, certainly).
> 
> 
> A point I've raised in the past is, most operators are not really
> interested in optimizing the address assignments on a bit level (provided
> that the number of customers is not so high it would be required).
> Rather, here we do so with nibbles.  Those are easier to calculate in the
> head and work better with reverse DNS delegations too.
> 
> 
> But I'm not sure whether this kind of "coarser approach for flexible
> assignment" calls for some text or not.  A mention at most, I think.
> What do others feel?
> 
> 
> --
> Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
> Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
> Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings




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