RFC Errata
RFC 6890, "Special-Purpose IP Address Registries", April 2013
Source of RFC: IETF - NON WORKING GROUPArea Assignment: int
See Also: RFC 6890 w/ inline errata
Errata ID: 6404
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Thomas
Date Reported: 2021-01-21
Verifier Name: Éric Vyncke
Date Verified: 2021-02-01
Section 2.2.2 says:
+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Attribute | Value |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Address Block | 0.0.0.0/8 |
| Name | "This host on this network"|
| RFC | [RFC1122], Section 3.2.1.3 |
| Allocation Date | September 1981 |
| Termination Date | N/A |
| Source | True |
| Destination | False |
| Forwardable | False |
| Global | False |
| Reserved-by-Protocol | True |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
Table 1: "This host on this network"
It should say:
+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Attribute | Value |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Address Block | 0.0.0.0/8 |
| Name | "This network" |
| RFC | [RFC0791], Section 3.2 |
| Allocation Date | September 1981 |
| Termination Date | N/A |
| Source | True |
| Destination | False |
| Forwardable | False |
| Global | False |
| Reserved-by-Protocol | True |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
Table 1.a: "This network"
+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Attribute | Value |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
| Address Block | 0.0.0.0/32 |
| Name | "This host on this network"|
| RFC | [RFC1122], Section 3.2.1.3 |
| Allocation Date | September 1981 |
| Termination Date | N/A |
| Source | True |
| Destination | False |
| Forwardable | False |
| Global | False |
| Reserved-by-Protocol | True |
+----------------------+----------------------------+
Table 1.b: "This host on this network"
Notes:
RFC1122 states that 0.0.0.0/32 is "this host on this network" while 0.0.0.0/8 is "this network".
---- Verifier note ----
After discussions with the authors, the original table must be split into TWO tables one for 0.0.0.0/8 and one for 0.0.0.0/32. IANA registry must also be updated.