RFC 6204, "Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers", April 2011

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 7084

Errata ID: 3175
Status: Rejected
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Sathyanarayana Venkataramanappa
Date Reported: 2012-04-04
Rejected by: RonBonica
Date Rejected: 2012-04-16

Section 4.2 says:

WPD-3:  The IPv6 CE router MUST be prepared to accept a delegated
           prefix size different from what is given in the hint.  If the
           delegated prefix is too small to address all of its
           interfaces, the IPv6 CE router SHOULD log a system management
           error.

It should say:

WPD-3:  The IPv6 CE router MUST be prepared to accept a delegated
           prefix size different from what is given in the hint.  If the
           delegated prefix is too small to address all of its
           interfaces or delegated prefix size is greater than /64, the 
           IPv6 CE router SHOULD log a system management
           error.

Notes:

Stateless Address Auto configuration uses 64 bit long EUI-64. If Delegated prefix size obtained on the wan side is greater than /64. This Prefix cannot be used on Lan side nodes to create SLAAC address using EUI-64
--VERIFIER NOTES--
RFC 6204 is about to be obsoleted by draft-ietf-v6ops-6204bis, which entered WG last call this weekend. So, fixing 6204 won't help much.

Please post a message to the V6OPS mailing list making the point that you make in the errata. If the WG agrees, the change will be made in the bis document.

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