IPv6 Subnet Model: The Relationship between Links and Subnet Prefixes
RFC 5942
Yes
No Objection
Note: This ballot was opened for revision 12 and is now closed.
Lars Eggert (was Discuss) No Objection
(Jari Arkko; former steering group member) Yes
(Adrian Farrel; former steering group member) No Objection
(Alexey Melnikov; former steering group member) No Objection
(Cullen Jennings; former steering group member) No Objection
(Dan Romascanu; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection
I support Lars' DISCUSS about the need to include mandatory 2119 boilerplate.
(Lisa Dusseault; former steering group member) No Objection
(Magnus Westerlund; former steering group member) No Objection
(Pasi Eronen; former steering group member) No Objection
(Peter Saint-Andre; former steering group member) No Objection
(Ralph Droms; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection
I still find the description of the example in section 5 unclear. The syntax in this passage is tortured: An address could be acquired through the DHCPv6 IA_NA option (which does not include a prefix length), or through manual configuration (if no prefix length is specified). The host incorrectly assumes an invented prefix is on-link. This invented prefix typically is a /64 that was written by the developer of the API as a "default" prefix length when a length isn't specified. This may cause the API to seem to work in the case of a network interface initiating SLAAC, however it can cause connectivity problems in NBMA networks. What is the API referred to in the example? The changes to the word "deprecate" and the new section on changes to RFC 4861 satisfy my comments on those details.
(Robert Sparks; former steering group member) No Objection
(Ron Bonica; former steering group member) (was Discuss) No Objection
(Ross Callon; former steering group member) No Objection
(Russ Housley; former steering group member) No Objection
The Gen-ART Review by Pete McCann on 2010-03-09 included some editorial comments. Please consider them if an update to this document is needed for any reason.