Erik, >>Michel Py wrote: >> Proposed text: >> RFC2374 was the definition of addresses for Format Prefix 001 (2000::/3) >> which is formally made historic by this document. Although as specified >> in [ARCH] IANA should limit the IPv6 Global Unicast address space to >> 2000::/3 for now, IANA might later delegate currently unassigned parts >> of the IPv6 address space to the purpose of Global Unicast as well. >> Implementations MUST NOT make address range checks for Global Unicast >> addresses.
> Erik Nordmark > I'm missing the association with this document. The idea is that developers must not hardcode any assumptions. The reason they must not is because IANA will later delegate the currently unassigned parts of the space to a purpose we don't know, including possibly an extension to Global Unicast. > If we need to have a document which restates the instructions > to the IANA to allocate IPv6 addresses, can't we make that a > separate exercise? This is not the intent. Would you detail what makes you read the text that way? Michel. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
