[rfc-dist] RFC 5887 on Renumbering Still Needs Work

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        RFC 5887

        Title:      Renumbering Still Needs Work 
        Author:     B. Carpenter, R. Atkinson,
                    H. Flinck
        Status:     Informational
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       May 2010
        Mailbox:    brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com, 
                    rja at extremenetworks.com, 
                    hannu.flinck at nsn.com
        Pages:      35
        Characters: 87131
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-carpenter-renum-needs-work-05.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5887.txt

This document reviews the existing mechanisms for site renumbering
for both IPv4 and IPv6, and it identifies operational issues with
those mechanisms.  It also summarises current technical proposals for
additional mechanisms.  Finally, there is a gap analysis identifying
possible areas for future work.  This document is not an Internet 
Standards Track specification; it is published for informational 
purposes.


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