IPv6 Prefix Length Recommendation for Forwarding
draft-boucadair-6man-prefix-routing-reco-03
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Authors | Mohamed Boucadair , Alexandre Petrescu | ||
Last updated | 2015-01-20 (Latest revision 2014-09-24) | ||
Replaced by | draft-ietf-v6ops-cidr-prefix | ||
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IESG | IESG state | Replaced by draft-ietf-v6ops-cidr-prefix | |
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Abstract
The length of IP prefixes is an information used by forwarding and routing processes is policy-based. As such, no maximum length must be assumed by design. Discussions on the 64-bit boundary in IPv6 addressing revealed a need for a clear recommendation on which bits must be used by forwarding decision-making processes. This document sketches a recommendation to be followed by forwarding and routing designs with regards to the prefix length. The aim is to avoid hard-coded routing and forwarding designs that exclude some IP prefix lengths.
Authors
Mohamed Boucadair
Alexandre Petrescu
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