Hi Megan,

It is not clear to me which exact change you are asking me to approve. The typo 
that Russ is referring to does not seem to appear in the Appendix if I look at 
the draft here:


https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977.html

It appears in Sections 6 and 10 and not in the Appendix.

If I look at the diffs, and specifically rfcdiff, I see a change from TBD to 
.57, not .47 to .57. And auth48rfcdiff does not show any such change.

Thanks.

> On May 8, 2026, at 10:47 AM, Megan Ferguson <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> *AD - please review and approve the updates to the “Example” Appendix 
> addressing the following update from Russ:
>> I found an error in the example in the appendix.  There is a typo in the 
>> content type object identifier.  it is using 1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.47; it 
>> should be 1.2.840.113549.1.9.16.1.57.
> 
> Thank you for your replies and guidance. We have updated the document as 
> requested thus far.  Please note that we made a few slight tweaks, so be sure 
> to review carefully and let us know if any further changes are necessary.  
> (Russ - note that the Appendix now has figure numbering - please let me know 
> if you’d like us to strip them out again, add a title to them, or leave them 
> as they currently appear).
> 
> We had two further questions:
> 
> 1) With regard to question 3, we see some differing opinions in your 
> responses:
> 
>>>> 3) <!--[rfced] We had a few questions about the following text:
>>>> Original:
>>>> Prefix length files can contain sub-prefixes entries of a parent
>>>> prefix, which needs to be taken into account when processing these
>>>> files.
>>>> a) Please confirm the use of the plural "sub-prefixes".
>>>> Perhaps:
>>>> Prefix length files can contain sub-prefix entries of a parent
>>>> prefix,..
> Randy: common term, ok
>>>> b) Might this sentence be rephrased as:
>>>> Perhaps:
>>>> Prefix length files can contain sub-prefix entries of a parent prefix; 
>>>> this needs to be taken into account when processing these files.
>>>> —>
>>> 
>>> Oliver: Option b) reads better to me.
> Russ: I think a) reads well, but my co-authors ought to weigh in on this one.
> Randy: i do not see value in the added text.  the whole document describes
> things which should be taken into account
> 
> [rfced] Apologies if our question was unclear.  Our main issue with the text 
> is that "sub-prefixes entries” seems problematic with them both being plural 
> and wanted to confirm this was not a possessive relationship missing an 
> apostrophe or something.  We suggested (b) simply because the relative 
> pronoun “which” was carrying a heavy load for the reader (all of the text 
> before it).  However, Randy’s comment seems to imply that even the original 
> text might not need the text after the comma.
> 
> Please confer amongst yourselves and let us know what you decide.
> 
> 2) Looking at the following text:
> 
> Original:
>   At the time of publishing this document, the registry data published
>   by ARIN are not the same RPSL as that of the other registries (see
>   [RFC7485] for a survey of the WHOIS Tower of Babel);…
> 
> We don’t see mention of the exact phrase "WHOIS Tower of Babel" in RFC 7485.  
> The only mention of that exact phrasing we see in the RFC Series is in RFC 
> 9632.  Please confirm that the citation and/or the text surrounding it 
> appears as intended.
> 
>  The files have been posted here (please refresh):
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977.txt
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977.pdf
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977.html
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977.xml
> 
>  The diff files have been posted here (please refresh):
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977-diff.html (comprehensive)
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977-rfcdiff.html (side by side)
> 
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977-auth48diff.html (AUTH48 only)
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9977-auth48rfcdiff.html (side by side)
> 
>  The AUTH48 status page for this document is available here:
>   https://www.rfc-editor.org/auth48/rfc9977
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Megan Ferguson
> RFC Production Center
> 
> 
>> On May 8, 2026, at 4:25 AM, Oliver Gasser 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> On 5/6/26 10:38 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>> 2) <!--[rfced] Please clarify the antecedent of "this":
>>> Original:
>>> In all places Carrier-Grade NAT or CGN is used in this document, this
>>> applies to proxies as well.
>>> -->
>> 
>> Either of the fixes proposed by Russ and Randy read well to me.
>> 
>>> 3) <!--[rfced] We had a few questions about the following text:
>>> Original:
>>> Prefix length files can contain sub-prefixes entries of a parent
>>> prefix, which needs to be taken into account when processing these
>>> files.
>>> a) Please confirm the use of the plural "sub-prefixes".
>>> Perhaps:
>>> Prefix length files can contain sub-prefix entries of a parent
>>> prefix,..
>>> b) Might this sentence be rephrased as:
>>> Perhaps:
>>> Prefix length files can contain sub-prefix entries of a parent prefix; this 
>>> needs to be taken into account when processing these files.
>>> -->
>> 
>> Option b) reads better to me.
>> 
>> 
>>> 7) <!-- [rfced] Regarding reference entries [INET6NUM] and [INETNUM]:
>>> The original URLs for [INET6NUM] and [INETNUM] point to a page with an
>>> "Sorry, we can't seem to find the page you're looking for" error
>>> message.
>>> We found the following URL that seems to contain the information from
>>> the original URLs:
>>> https://docs.db.ripe.net/RPSL-Object-Types/Descriptions-of-Primary-Objects
>>> Is this the appropriate URL for these references?
>>> -->
>> 
>> Yes, that's the appropriate URL. Given that the URL contains descriptions 
>> for both the intetnum: and inetnum6: DB class, I suggest to update the text 
>> as follows:
>> 
>> Original:
>> 
>> The reader may find [INETNUM] and [INET6NUM] informative, and certainly more 
>> verbose, descriptions of the inetnum: database classes.
>> 
>> New:
>> 
>> The reader may find [DBOBJECTS] informative, and certainly more verbose, 
>> descriptions of the inetnum: and inet6num: database classes.
>> 
>> 
>> [DBOBJECTS] should then replace [INET6NUM] and [INETNUM] in the references.
>> 
>> 
>>> 8) <!-- [rfced] Regarding reference entry [PREFIXLEN-FINDER:] Please 
>>> review. References to GitHub
>>> repositories require a commit hash (see:
>>> https://www.rfc-editor.org/styleguide/part2/#ref_repo). The original
>>> date for this reference - June 2021 - does not appear in this
>>> repositories commit history
>>> (https://github.com/massimocandela/prefixlen-finder/commits/main/). May
>>> we update this reference to use the most recent commit date and commit
>>> hash?
>>> Current:
>>>   [PREFIXLEN-FINDER]
>>>              "prefixlen-finder", June 2021,
>>>              <https://github.com/massimocandela/prefixlen-finder>.
>>> Perhaps:
>>>   [PREFIXLEN-FINDER]
>>>              "prefixlen-finder", commit fa70e6b, 3 June 2025,
>>>              <https://github.com/massimocandela/prefixlen-finder>.
>>> -->
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 10) <!--[rfced] We had the following questions/comments related to 
>>> terminology used throughout the document:
>>> a) we have used the hyphenated end-site throughout; please let us know any 
>>> objections.
>>> -->
>> 
>> Fine by me as well.
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Oliver
>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> Megan Ferguson
>>> RFC Production Center
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>>> RFC9977 (draft-ietf-opsawg-prefix-lengths-14)
>>> Title            : Publishing End-Site Prefix Lengths
>>> Author(s)        : O. Gasser, R. Bush, M. Candela, R. Housley
>>> WG Chair(s)      : Joe Clarke, Benoît Claise
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