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List:       ipng
Subject:    Re: IPv6 WG Last Call:draft-ietf-ipv6-unique-local-addr-02.txt
From:       Alain Durand <Alain.Durand () Sun ! COM>
Date:       2004-01-29 0:52:00
Message-ID: 40185930.2030206 () sun ! com
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Christian Huitema wrote:

>>   Locally assigned global IDs MUST be generated with a pseudo-random
>>   algorithm consistent with [RANDOM].
>>
>>I would have like to see some stronger wording to explain that, in the
>>self assigned case,
>>choosing FD00::/48 is a very bad idea.
>>    
>>
>
>The draft already says that we MUST assign these numbers exactly one
>way. Why on earth would we need to enumerate the 25 ways that should not
>be used?
>
Because there is one of those 25 ways that is very tempting and is known 
to be problematic.

    - Alain.


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