Dear authors:

I understand that the draft aims at getting only addresses, but it seems to
me that most of what's needed to get a prefix is already in the draft.
Could you have a bit in the request that says "I want a prefix" and
indicate the desired length in the status / prefix field?

The prefix length that is returned is a bit of an overlap with the status.
Since you have a lot of reserved room I'd suggest that the prefix length
that is returned is placed near the flags. If you agree with the point
above (capability to ask for a prefix) then the returned prefix length
could the the one asked, or longer if that much is not available.

Works?

Pascal



Le lun. 21 juil. 2025 à 15:12, <[email protected]> a écrit :

> Internet-Draft draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06.txt is now available. It is a work
> item of the IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6LO) WG of
> the
> IETF.
>
>    Title:   Generic Address Assignment Option for 6LoWPAN Neighbor
> Discovery
>    Authors: Luigi Iannone
>             David Lou
>             Adnan Rashid
>    Name:    draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06.txt
>    Pages:   19
>    Dates:   2025-07-21
>
> Abstract:
>
>    This document specifies a new extension to the IPv6 Neighbor
>    Discovery in Low Power and Lossy Networks (LLNs), enabling a node to
>    request to be assigned an address or a prefix from neighbor routers.
>    Such mechanism allows to algorithmically assign addresses and
>    prefixes to nodes in a 6LoWPAN deployment.
>
> The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao/
>
> There is also an HTMLized version available at:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06
>
> A diff from the previous version is available at:
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-6lo-nd-gaao-06
>
> Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at:
> rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts
>
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Pascal
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